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E. Benjamin, J. Pickersgill, R. Lee, G. Masterman, J. 

 L. Davis, T. Collins, E. Collins, R. Dunn, W. Donaldson, 

 E. Simpson, T. Wilson, B. S. Cooper, A. Barlow, R. 

 Burnett, G. CotteriU, S. Fry, C. Mills, H. Jacobs, J. 

 Marks, J. Isaacs, J. Fernandez, W. Forster, H. Gladwin, 

 W. Dalton, Major Booth, W. Frost, G. Turner, A. 

 Harris, J. Harris, J. V. Laurence, and T. Jennings, jun. 

 Punctually to time Mr. Houldsworth, who was 

 accompanied by Lord Durham, Sir Henry Hawkins, 

 and Sir C. Russell, took his seat in the chair, and without 

 any circumlocution, Mr. E. Somerville Tattersall, the 

 honorary secretary to the testimonial fund committee, 

 read the following address, which was illuminated in' 

 the customary fashion on vellum: — 



To John Osborne of Brecongill. 



Dear Sir,— Your friends, and many who may not be personally 

 known to you, from amongst all classes and conditions of those who 

 take an interest in the Turf, desire to take the opportunity afforded by 

 your retirement from your profession of jockey of expressing their sense 

 of the fidelity and rectitude which has marked your career over a 

 period of well nigh half a century. We therefore, as the treasurers of 

 the Testimonial Fund, beg your acceptance of the accompanying cheque 

 for 3600 guineas, and with that cheque a book recording the names of 

 the subscribers.— We are, dear sir, faithfully, 



KOBERT JaRDINE, 



C. Russell, V Treasurers 



Leopold Rothschild, ^ 



E. SoxMERViLLE Tattersall, Secretary. 



After the reading of the address, which was loudly 

 cheered, Mr. Houldsworth rose to make the presenta- 

 tion, and, in handing the cheque for 3600 guineas, he 

 said—" It gives me great pleasure, as the Senior Steward 

 of the Jockey Club, to present you with this cheque on 

 behalf of the subscribers. I am sure no one deserves it 



better." 



At the conclusion of this brief speech, which con- 



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