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hanger-on, and he married Mrs. Bob Johnson's 

 mother. He had many trainers had Lord 

 Glasgow. Let me see ; he had Wm. Arnull and 

 Charhe Farrer and Charhe Planner (who is the 

 father of Bill Plamier, now in France training 

 for Count Berteux). Alec Taylor trained for him 

 at Fyfield and Manton ; John Scott he had two 

 or three times ; and my father had a few of his 

 horses for a short time ; he also had Wm. Dilly. 

 He used to thi'eaten and swear at his trainers 

 and jockeys. Once he gave Tom Aldcroft a 

 pair of buckskin breeches, and they found a £5G 

 note in one of them. Nay, I cannot tell whether 

 they gave it him back; he didn't want it any- 

 how. They tell me Mrs. Aldcroft has got 

 married again. Old Mangles was at Brecongill ; 

 he built it. Tommy Lye built the house in 

 Middleham where Mr. Miller (' Mentor ') now 

 lives, about 1837. In his day. Tommy Lye was' 

 just like what Fordham was in his; he married 

 Tom Dawson's sister. John Dawson, after being 

 at Middleham, went to Ilsley, and afterwards 

 to Stork House, Lambourne. Charlie Jousiffe 

 served part of his time with my father. He went 

 to India, and came back and trained Bendigo, 

 Kinsky, Chancellor, Surefoot, and Havock. He 

 died when Surefoot was a three-vear-old. Fred 

 Bates served his time with Tom Dawson, and 

 he rode a lot of good winners until he got too 

 heavy. I forgot about telling you that Walters 

 used to train four or five horses for Lord 

 Glasgow. Poor fellow! he drowned himself at 

 Radchffe races; that would be in '52 or '53. 

 We have sent some good jockeys out of Middle- 



