CHAPTER II. 



ASHGILL AND THE OSBORNES. 



A Carpet Sportsman — Middleham Moor Races — 

 John Osborne — Mr. King — Manganese — Mandra- 

 GORA — Apology — Her Race for the St. Leger — 

 Training off — Esterling — Grand Flaneur — Thorn 

 — Some Famous Rides — Lord Clifden's Leger — The 

 AsHGiLL Yearlings. 



As he sits in the saddle a baby can tell 

 He can hustle a sticker, a flyer can spare ; 



He has science and nerve, and decision as well, 

 He knows where he's going and means to be there. 



Whyte-MeMUe. 



An anecdote is told of an enthusiastic punter, 

 who, when asked why he never attended a race 

 meeting, repHed, that he dearly loved betting, 

 but racing Avas a bore. It may be safely said 

 that this man was not a Yorkshireinan. With 

 the denizens of the county of broad acres the 

 horse and the race are of foremost importance ; 

 and although they back their opinions freely 

 enough when they fancy anything, betting with 

 them is only a secondary consideration. 



