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tended to give the horse a dose of physic — it was 

 only a flour ball — then he put the horse's leg in 

 hot water, tied his tail up, and put him on the 

 wallving list. No one knew about this dodge to 

 mislead the touts except Drislane and the boy 

 who looked after the horse. The touts, swallow- 

 ing the bait, reported that Tam o' Shanter had 

 broken down, and the horse was soon driven to 

 an outside price in the market. The stable 

 money was then got on, and when the horse won 

 Paddy said, ' Didn't I tell ye to lave it to me ? ' • 

 " Robert I'Anson, uncle to the present Wm. 

 I'Anson, trained at Middleham both privately 

 and publicly for some time. Old Mr. Joseph 

 Dawson began at Middleham as a private trainer 

 to Lord Glasgow, and Mr. John Dawson also 

 acted for him in the same capacity. Lord 

 Glasgow was a very passionate man, and used to 

 blow everybody up. Lie always supplied his 

 trainers with money in advance when they were 

 going away with his horses. He never would 

 think of them laying out their own money for 

 him. When he was Lord Kelburne he had his 

 horses with old John Smith, of Middleham, but 

 that was before my time. Smith had Jerry and 

 Actseon. He bought Jerry after he won the St. 

 Leger. Jerry stood as a sire at Middleham for 

 some time, but he used to move about, and was 

 at Newmarket for several seasons, and the horse 

 ended his career at Middleham. Lord Glasgow 

 would never have any horses trained at Middle- 

 ham after '65. They would leave here just after 

 the Christmas of '65. Young Tom Dawson was 

 the trainer, and I had been engaged as the jockey. 



