70 ASHGILL. 



He was tried Avith Mandrake over the Cambridge- 

 shire course a few days before the race, and The 

 Dean and The Priest were put in the spin. The 

 Corporal won liis trial easily, but ran very badly 

 in the race, in which he never showed prominently. 



Mandrake and he Avere both entered for the 

 Liverpool Cup, their respective weights being 

 6st. lOlbs. and 7st. 2lbs., and as there had been 

 some disappointment in the Cambridgeshire, it 

 was decided to try the horses again. This was 

 accordingly done on Middleham Moor, and again 

 The Corporal scored an easy win, and beat Man- 

 drake by several lengths. A declaration was 

 made to win with him, but he positively refused 

 to gallop in the race which his owner won by a 

 neck from Knight of the Garter with his second 

 string. Mandrake's four-year-old record was a 

 good one, and shows him to have been nearly the 

 best of his year, for he beat Achievement in the 

 Ascot Triennial and Julius in the Doncaster Cup, 

 and won both his races cleverly though with not 

 much to spare. 



Mandragora's next foal was Skedaddler by 

 Skirmisher, and this Mr. King determined to 

 keep. He was a very bad horse, and was 

 unplaced the only time he ever ran, 



Misadventure by Adventurer Avas her foal in 

 18GG, and Avas sold to Mr. Pryor, for Avhom she 

 Avon a few races at tAvo years old, but she did not 

 train on, and Avas not possessed of much merit. 



