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of the injured limb would not knit, and, after 

 veterinary skill and the loving attention of the Osbornes 

 had proved unavailing, he was mercifully despatched. 

 A beautifully bred horse, being by King of Trumps out 

 of Lady Alice Hawthorn, Thorn could not have failed 

 to be popular and valuable at the stud. 



Reverting for a few moments to 71, that season did 

 not pass without our hero distinguishing himself as the 

 coachman of Bothwell in the Two Thousand Guineas. 



Bothwell, bred by Mr. Lamert, was by Stockwell out 

 of Catherine Logie by The Flying Dutchman, Mr.^ 

 Jardine gave 600 guineas for him at Ascot, whence he 

 went to Tupgill to be trained by Tom Dawson. He 

 came out with a reputation in his first season, taking the 

 eyes of the critics at Ascot, being then and there voted 

 a formidable rival for next year's " classics " to Mr. 

 Merry's King o' the Forest. By no means a powerfully 

 built colt, some judges pronouncing him somewhat 

 coarse, yet Bothwell was nicely moulded and balanced 

 all over for any sort of course or work. He gave promise 

 when backward by running Corisande to a neck for the 

 New Stakes, beating a big field. Few denied the 

 sterling merits of this performance, but in the next two 

 months he did not thrive so well, as was evidenced when 

 he was nearly beaten by Whaddon at York August, a 

 performance other disappointments would barely excuse, 

 for he seemed to lack the speed to get out of a difficulty 

 when he was once in it. This reflection also stood 

 against him in his Middle Park Plate race, when he was 

 so outpaced at the start that he never got on terms with 

 his horses; and it was only the great severity of the 

 course that enabled him to catch General, Corisande, 

 and Noblesse in the " Criterion " and finish at the latter's 

 neck. John loquitur — 



