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North-coimtn^ racing, nor was it a stranger to the tlirill 

 of winning an old-time race like that which is con- 

 sidered the chaplet of fame in North-country racing. 

 His late and esteemed brother, Mr. Clare Vyner, who 

 had the honour of winning a St. Leger with The 

 Lambkin, had his name enrolled on the long winning 

 line, which begins with the names of Tomboy and 

 genial Squire Orde, of Nunnykirk, as far back as the 

 year 1833. It was My cense which gave Mr. ' Clare ' 

 the reno^\ai of owning a ' Plate ' winner, followed by 

 that of Glastonbur}^ for the present owner of King Crow. 

 Matthew Dawson, if memory does not fail, trained the 

 handsome Mycenae, and Glastonbury was brought to 

 the post under the training of the brothers Osborne. 

 But before the days of Glastonbury, the brothers 

 Osborne identified themselves with the race by training 

 Lily Agnes, who was destined to be the dam of the 

 greatest horse of the century, Ormonde, to wit, whom 

 the Duke of Westminster was ungrateful enough to 

 expatriate for a few paltry thousands after the son of 

 the pale-faced Lily Agnes had done more for him than 

 any other horse had accomplished for a single individual. 

 But we can let that ducal misdemeanour pass by as a 

 matter unworthy of the head of the house of Grosvenor. 

 We have told how the Osbomes trained Victor Emanuel 

 for the late Harry Bragg, a Cumbrian blacksmith, and 

 in his day one of the best -known figures in the sporting 

 world at large. Pursuing the Hne further, we come to 

 Stone CUnk, also the property of King Crow's owner, 

 who, like him, was exposed as a mare of stamina, and 

 yet proved herself capable of winning the Cesarewitch 

 in the same year. We can well recall how William 

 Osborne was sanguine about Nightcap beating Stone 

 Clink that year of grace, and how the mare outstayed 



