MALTON, 37 



beaten a short head. He was unplaced the only 

 times he ran in 1877, viz., in the Lincoln Handi- 

 cap and the Great Northern Leger at Stockton, 

 and was also unplaced in the Lincoln Handicap 

 next year. Shortly after this the confederecy 

 was dissolved, and Adamite became the sole 

 property of Mr. J. B, Cookson. He commenced 

 inauspiciously for his new owner, for he was un- 

 placed in the Gold Cup at Newton, for which he 

 was well backed, and started second favourite. 

 His next appearance was in the Flying Dutch- 

 man's Handicap at York, for which race Col. 

 Broadley's Melton, a big, good looking horse, 

 standing a lot over on his forelegs, was a very 

 hot favourite, odds of 5 to 4 being betted on him 

 freely. The race was run at a cracking pace, and 

 Fagan, on Adamite, staying the longest, just 

 manasfed to make a dead heat of it. The excite- 

 ment was great, especially when Col. Broadley 

 announced his intention of running off, and when 

 the two came out after the last race odds of 13 

 to 8 were again freely laid on Melton. Kightly 

 or wrongly, the horse's connections blamed Tom- 

 linson, who had ridden him the first time, and 

 put up Huxtable instead. 



There had not been much time for the horses 

 to recover from the effects of their race, for the 

 Flying Dutchman's Handicap was the last race 

 but one on the card, and the consequence was 

 that the pace was not so strong as in the original 



