AND TIMES OF JOHN OSBORNE 01 



on Pity the Blind to Anthony for a 50 sovs. plate, 

 second on Lady Hylda to Maid of Lyme for the Stand 

 Cup, and second on Zingari to Sir Henry Hardinge, by 

 Gladiator, for the Newton Stakes, finishing up the 

 meeting by winning a 50 sovs. plate on Pity the Blind. 

 the Calendar having a footnote to the race, " The 

 winner was claimed," so that it may be assumed John 

 Osborne, sen., lost the useful son of Inheritor on this 

 occasion, after he had done the then struggling trainer 

 veoman service. 



In the July of 1849 young " Johnnie " won his first 

 important handicap — the Liverpool Cup. As showing 

 the conditions of this race half a century ago, the record 

 is taken in extenso from the Calendar of that vear. 



The Liverpool Cup, in specie of .300 sovereigns, given from the Racing Fund, 

 added to a Handicap Sweepstake of 25 sovereigns each, 15 ft., and 5 onl}' if 

 declared on or before 21st April ; the winner of the Two Thousand Guineas, 

 7 lb. ; the Thousand Ouineas, 4 lb. ; the Derby, 10 lb. ; the Oaks, 7 lb. ; or of 

 any other sweepstakes cup, cup stakes, or plate in 1849 (not being a 

 handicap) of the clear value of .500 sovereigns, 5 lb. ; and the second in the 

 Derby, 7 lb. ; and Oaks, 5 lb. extra ; of any two oi -such races, 10 lb. extra, 

 but this, in any case, to be the extreme penalty ; the winner of the Metro- 

 jiolitan Stakes, at Epsom, Chester Cup, Somersetshire Stakes, at Bath, 

 Ascot Stakes, Northumberland Plate, Cumberland Plate, or Manchester 

 Trades' Cup, lo lb. extra ; or of any other handicap race of the value of 20O 

 sovereigns clear, 3 lb. ; of 400 sovereigns, 5 lb. ; of any two of such last- 

 nientioned handicaps, 8 lb. extra, the winner to pay 30 sovereigns to the 

 judge, and the owner of the second horse to receive 50 sovereigns from the 

 stakes ; two miles (123 subscribers, 63 of whom paid only 5 sovereigns 

 each). 



Mr. Disney's b c Bou-Mot, by Elvas, 3 yrs., 5 st., . . Usljorne 1 



Sir R. Pigot's Essedarius, 3 yrs., 5 st. 6 lb. (inc. 10 lb. ex.), E. Sharp 2 



Mr. B. Green's Westow, 3 yrs., 5 st. 5 lb. (inc. 5 lb. ex.), . Basham 3 



Mr. Eddison's John (Josser, 4 yrs., 7 st. 10 lb. (inc. 10 lb. ex.), Elatman 



Mr. Lawson's b h Keleshea, 5 yrs., 6 st. 12 lb., . . Ryder 



Mr. Fowler's br f Ribaldry, 4 yrs., 6 st. 4 11)., . . . W. Sharpe 



Mr. I. Day's gr h Portrait, aged, 5 st. 10 11>., . . . Rodney 



Mr. Nicholl's eh c Woolwich, 3 yrs., 5 st. 3 lb., . . Hiett 



Mr. Bowes' b c Thringarth, 3 yrs., 5 st., .... Charlton 



Mr. Drinkald's b c Sauter la Coupe, 3 yrs., 4 st. 10 lb., . A. Pavis 



Betting — 2 to 1 against Essedarius, 5 to 2 against Thringartli, 5 to 1 against 

 John Cosser, 7 to 1 against Keleshea, 16 to 1 against Westow, 16 to 1 against 

 Sauter la Coupe, and 20 to 1 against Bon-Mot. Won by a lengtii, the same 

 between second and third, Thringarth was fourth, and John Cosser fifth. 



