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for Chippendale — Harry Hall and Dresden China — Her 

 liking for salt and jelly — " Old Harry's " resentment — He 

 keeps his secret — John gets a check for £10,000 from Mr. 

 Leyland — His mental aberration — Death of Old William 

 FAnson — Queen Mary — Caller Ou — Blink Bonny — Racers 

 and stud failures — Cantering through '81 and '82 — Pepper- 

 mint, Hesperian, and King Archebong — A fine finish 

 between Archer and Osborne — Victor Emanuel's " Ebor " — 

 He beats Baliol — One of Matthew Dawson's " morals " — 

 Prestonpans and Isonomy — Mr. Gretton's scratching propen- 

 sities — His death — Enormous losings and winnings — York 

 August '82 — A great meeting for the Osbornes — Peppermint 

 defeats Dutch Oven — " Plunger " Walton's adieu, - - 278 



CHAPTER XVII 



Wm. Osborne wins the Waterloo Cup — Wild Mint and Destruc- 

 tion's match for £1000 — Death of Mr. Harry Bragg — Prince 

 Batthyany dies suddenly on Newmarket Heath — His 

 consideration for his jockeys — Death of Tom Aldcroft — 

 Wrongful suspicion — General Peel's cowardice — Chas. Lund 

 and Lord Glasgow — The Aldcroft " rush " no more — John 

 Jackson and Lord Glasger — The Earl's retort — Mr. Petrie's 

 ride into Beverley — Barcaldine's Northumberland Plate — 

 Dead heats and some remarkable finishes — Theories of 

 "crosses" — Age-date of racehorses — ^"Mr. John's" views 

 on two-year-old racing — Long distance races — Sweating 

 horses — Wasting — How John brought down his weight — 

 " No forcing " — Speed of horses compared — Close finishes 

 with Archer — Archer and Fordham's styles — Some old 

 rivals — Ideas of riding a race — The best racer of his time — 

 Alice Hawthorn, Mahmia, and Coranna — Some of the best 

 horses — Van Tromp, The Flying Dutchman, Teddington — a 

 nailing good horse — Vedette, the second best John ever 

 rode — Exact the best two-year-old, ----- 304 



CHAPTER XVIII 



Thirsk — Archer's advent amongst the Tykes — Announced by 

 the bellman — "Billy" Piatt wins the Two Thousand on 



