IN THE NORTH COUNTREE 



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CHAPTER I. MALTON TO WIT. Malton as a Sporting 

 Centre — Agnes and her Descendants — The Newstead 

 Stud Farm — Queen Mary — Haricot — Caller Ou — Blink 

 Bonny's Leger — Blair Athol — Breadalbane and Broom- 

 ielaw— Pandore — The Sale of the Blink Bonny Stud — 

 DoNCASTER Purchases — Highfield Triumphs — Castor 



AND HaMBLEDON SoME GoOD-LOOKING YeARLINGS. ... 1 



CHAPTER 11. ASHGILL AND THE OSBORNES. A 

 Carpet Sportsman — Middleham Moor Races — John 

 Osborne — Mr. King — Manganese — Mandragora — 

 Apology — Her Race for the St. Leger — Training Off 

 — EsTERLiNG — Grand Flaneur — Thorn — Some Famous 

 Rides — Lord Clifden's Leger — The Ashgill Year- 

 lings. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 58 



CHAPTER m. THE YORK AND AINSTY. Establishment 

 of the Pack — Formation of the Country — Early 

 History — Mr. Lloyd, of Acomb — Will Danby — Sir 

 Charles Slingsby — The Holderness at Askham Bryan — 

 PowTER — Tom Squires — Col. Fairfax — Introduction 

 OF Belvoir Blood — The New Kennels — Mr. Lycett 

 Green and Arthur Wilson. — The Entry of 1888 — 

 Brood Bitches — Stud Hounds— Some Good Runs ... 95 



