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a place in the Great Yorkshire Stakes with Rifle- 

 man and Fandango, who were first and second; 

 and was ridden into fourth place for the Cesare- 

 witch by Tom Chaloner. At that time I was 

 first jockey and Tom second at Ashgill. Tom 

 would leave us in '61 to go to Newmarket to be 

 first jockey for Mr. Naylor. Chaloner always 

 rode well from being a boy. Harking back, Lady 

 Tatton ran a dead heat with Yorkshire Grey, 

 the pair beating Preston a head for the Good- 

 wood Stakes of '56. She won the Handicap at 

 Pontefract, beating Fisherman a head; and as 

 showing what a finish it w^as, Yorkshire Grey 

 was only a head behind Fisherman. She was 

 then giving Fisherman a stone, although he had 

 dead-heated with her at even weights at 

 Stockton. She won the Warwick Handicap the 

 same year. Lance beat her in the Queen's Plate 

 at Leicester the same week she won at Ponte- 

 fract. A smart horse was Lance at all courses. 

 He had previously won the Portland Plate, which 

 was the same ' sprint ' distance as it is now ; 

 whereas the Queen's Plate at Leicester was three 

 miles. Lady Tatton only ran once as a five-year- 

 old, after which she went to John Jackson's 

 stud at Fairfield. John Jackson had a few mares 

 at Oran, near Catterick, before he started on a 

 bigger scale at Fairfield. Lady Tatton never 

 bred anything wonderful that I can remember. 



" Some smart two-year-olds were running in 

 '56. Notable amongst them was Saunterer, by 

 Birdcatcher out of Ennui, who won us a lot of 

 races, and was a good horse. He began his two- 

 year-old career by winning the ' Hopeful ' at 



