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Her subsequent produce appear in the stud book as 

 being bred by Mr. " Launde " (Mr. King), and she had 

 Skirter, Rubbish (afterwards named Mineral), Thor's- 

 day, Slanderer, Minaret, In Memoriam, and others. 

 She was barren several seasons, and was shot in 1886. 



From Mandragora, Mr. King bred Mandrake by 

 Weatherbit, and Napsbury by Scottish Chief in 1877. 

 Her daughter, Minaret, threw the useful Mintdrop by 

 Lozenge in 1872. Mandragora, by Rataplan out of 

 Manganese, set a seal to her name by being the dam 

 of Apology, by Adventurer, in 1871. 



The allusion made to John Jackson and " Parson " 

 King in the foregoing pages claims some amplification. 

 Both were, more or less, identified with the elder 

 Osborne. Two more opposite types of men could 

 hardly be drawn. The one was a fearless, dashing 

 plunger ; the other a sport-loving clergyman, of spotless 

 reputation, who, although a breeder of many celebrated 

 horses, was never reputed to have wagered a shilling in 

 his long lifetime. " Jock o' Oran," a nickname which 

 clung to Jackson to his dying day, had a meteoric career 

 in the feverish blaze of active Turf life, until death 

 claimed him in 1869 at the early age of 41, his end being 

 accelerated by inordinate habits of indulgence. Born 

 about 1828, Jackson was the son of a sporting farmer. 

 His birthplace, so say the gossips, was at Tunstall, a 

 small village near Catterick, Yorkshire, where the 

 ancient sign of " The Angel " yet dangles from its high 

 place on the roadway in front of the once famous old 

 coaching-house which bears that name. But according 

 to other records, which may be accepted as being more 

 trustworthy, Jackson first saw the light at the neigh- 

 bouring village of Oran. He was early " blooded " in 

 sport, at least such sport as was followed in the region 



