THE TURF. 
been very true to his masters, Messrs. Houldsworth, 
Ormsby Gore, and others. 
The name of Goodison has been long associated 
with Newmarket ; the late Richard Goodison having 
been so many years rider to the Duke of Queensbury, 
with whom the present jockey, Thomas Goodison, 
began, by riding the late Duke of Bedford's chestnut 
colt, Cub, by Fidget, in the Houghton Meeting in 
1794, and signalised himself by winning the famous 
match on Pecker against Bennington in 1795, B. C., 
five hundred guineas aside, then riding only four stone 
one pound, and six to four on him at starting. His 
father accompanied him on a thorough-bred horse 
during the latter part of the race, as he was riding 
against an experienced jockey, and perhaps his in- 
structions enabled him to win. Thomas Goodison rode 
much for the late King ; but his " first master," as the 
term is, was the late Duke of York, for whom he won 
many great races, and particularly distinguished himself 
by winning the Claret stakes with Moses (with whom 
he also won the Derby), in the Craven Meeting of 1823, 
beating Morisco, Posthuma, and three other good ones, 
by extreme judgment in riding the race. He has ever 
been distinguished for his patience and decision, and 
the turf lost a first-rate jockey when he retired. 
There are more Edwardses at Newmarket than 
there were Caesars at Rome ; and they all ride, as it 
were, by instinct. James, or Tiny Edwards, as he is 
called, par excellence of course, is father of aU the 
