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CHAPTER IX 



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In the "sixties" — Two-year-old racing- — Sir Joseph Hawley and 

 Mr. Chaplin's views — Sketch of Lord Glasgow — His early 

 connection with Middleham — Dr. Shorthouse's tribute — Lord 

 Glasgow's temper and eccentricities — Disruptions with his 

 trainers — Ashgill rising to its zenith — Mr. "John" loquitur — 

 Blair Athol and The Miner — Their great race at York — 

 Defeat of Blair Athol not a surprise to the Osbornes — 

 Paternity of Controversy — Our hero's first St. Leger on 

 Lord Clifden— A bad beginner and a sensational victory — 

 Not like Kilwarline's "Leger" — A bad pace — ^Sketch of 

 Lord St. Vincent— The ill-starred KlarikofF— Lord St. 

 Vincent's pluck — He buys Lord Clifden — His terrific finish 

 with Macaroni in the Derby and race for the St. Leger — 

 The "sublime Edwin "—Sketch of Lord St. Vincent— His 

 indolence and irritability — His £11,000 to £1000 bet never 

 hedged — Anecdote of Lord St. Vincent and John Jackson — 

 The missing <£300 found in a waistcoat pocket, - - - 129 



CHAPTER X 



Midway through the "sixties" — Wild Agnes and Mr. Padwick — 

 Death of old John Osborne — Sale of the Ashgill stud — 

 "The Druid's" sketch of "Old John"— Quite an "Old Parr"— 

 The Eaton episode — Sweating them "for t' brass" — Old 

 patrons of Ashgill — ^A fresh start — -New nags and new 

 employers — "Mr. John" resumes the tale — Romping Girl 

 and the Oaks — " Careful John's " betting transactions — A 

 " pot " on the Cesarewitch — He backs four and stands to lose 

 nothing — His only " plunges " — Caller Ou — Cathedral and 

 Oppressor's dead heat — Regalia's race for the Oaks — Objec- 

 tion to Gladiateur — New patrons in Mr. R. Jardine and 

 Mr. A. Johnstone — Tupgill horses in '68 — Lord Hawthorn, 

 Thorwaldsen, and Pretender as two year olds, - - - 152 



CHAPTER XI 



Big events in '69— Death of "Jock o' Oran"— Sketch of 

 his career on the turf — Saunterer and Tim Whiffler — 



