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Tbose wlio Avere present are not likely to forget 

 the Stockton race meeting of 1872. Lord Zet- 

 land's Khedive, who had been well backed for the 

 St. Leofer diirinsf the summer, was sent to 

 Stockton to pick up the Zetland Biennial, which 

 was apparently at his mercy. Juga was the only 

 horse present to oppose him, and Osborne offered 

 to take £10, the amount of his stake, not to run 

 his filly. Lord Zetland was not present, and as 

 Coates had no instructions to treat, the negotia- 

 tions fell throuo^h. All kinds of odds were betted 

 on Khedive, and Billy Nicholl laid one noble 

 lord twenty-five ponies to two, adding that he 

 wanted a little money to take him home. 



The Mandale Bottoms were in a dreadful state 

 with the long continued rain,''' and Khedive, who 

 was perhaps a trifle big, fairly stuck fast in the 

 dirt, and the game little Juga, a powerfully built 

 filly, and trained to the hour, won as she liked 

 by two lengths. 



Mr. Osborne has a few brood mares, and it was 

 only to be expected that amongst them would be 

 found descendants of Agnes and Manganese. 

 Fun is the sole representative of the Agnes t 

 blood, and she was bought principally because 



'-'■'- The Course Las since been thoroughly drained. 



i Mr. Robert Osborne had some Agnes mares, but he sold his 

 stud at the Doncaster September Meeting, 1888. 



Mr. Snarry purchased Piercy, the dam of Festive and gran- 

 dam of L'Abbess de Jouarre. 



