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bred a horse and sterlinsf a racehorse as he was 

 must have made a successful sire. 



During his long career as a jockey Mr. 

 Osborne has had some curious experiences, but, 

 perhaps, he never had a greater surpiise in his 

 life than he had at the Chesterfield Meetino- in 

 1869. There were five starters in the Chatsworth 

 Stakes, and Edinburgh, a horse owned by Mr. 

 Kaworth and trained at Ashgill, was a warmish 

 favourite. Osborne rode him, and Piatt was 

 riding Apemantus, a horse belonging to Mr. 

 Osborne. This horse was second favourite, and 

 the two horses were first and second, the favourite 

 winning very easily by a length. In the run 

 home Osborne had taken up his whip but never 

 struck Edinburgh, who, however, swerved a little 

 and just touched Apemantus. On returning to 

 scale Piatt laid an objection against the winner 

 on account of a cross, an objection which it is 

 needless to say the owner of Apemantus quickly 

 withdrew. 



Osborne has had six winninof mounts in the 

 Two Thousand, on Vedette, Pretender, Bothwell, 

 Prince Charlie, Camballo, and Ayrshire ; two in 

 the One Thousand, on Manganese and her grand- 

 daughter Apology ; two in the St. Leger, on 

 Lord Clifden and Apology ; and one each in the 

 Derby and Oaks, on Pretender and Apology. 



Of Pretender Osborne speaks highly, and says 

 he was one of the best horses he ever rode. He 



