SIXTY YEARS ON THE TURF 



Mr. Drinkald's Jack Frost. 3 yrs., 4 st. 12 lb. (car 



5 St.) 



Mr. Hill's Dr. O'Toole. 3 jts., 4 st. 10 lb. 

 Mr. F. Knowles's Baalbec. 3 jts., 4 st. 10 lb, 

 Mr. Bailey's Lurley. 3 yrs., 4 st. 10 lb. 

 Mr. E. K. Clark's Jujube. 3 yrs., 4 st. 4 lb. 

 Ml". Night's Jephson. 3 ;yTS., 4 st. 41b. 



Mr. Nichol's Newminster. 6 yrs., 8 st. 2 lb. 

 Mr. Barber's Cobnut. 4 yrs., 7 st. 5 lb. 

 Sir J. Boswell's Annie Sutherland. 4 yrs., 7 st. 

 Mr. Handley's Lancashire Lass. 4 jts., 7 st. 



Won by a length ; the same between the second and third. 



Of the runners, amounting to a couple of dozen, 

 above enumerated, nineteen carried less than 7st., 

 and six less than 5 st. There was indeed in those 

 days no paucity of light-weights. As a final example 

 of what must be held to be a crushing indictment of 

 the present system I recite the runners for 



THE CHESTER CUP OF 1856. 



Mr, Parker's One Act. 3 }ts., 4 st. 13 lb. (inc. 10 lb 



extra) car. 5 st. 1 lb 



Mr. Howard's Yellow Jack. 3 yrs., 5 st. 8 lb. . 

 Lord Chesterfield's Typee. 6 yrs., 8 st. . 

 Mr. J. Osborne's Yorkshire Grey. 4 yrs., 5 st. 10 lb. 

 Mr. Heywood's Courtenay. 4 yrs., 6 st. 6 lb. 

 Mr. Jackson's Lady Tatton. 4 yrs., 6 st. 12 lb. . 

 Lord Clifden's Poodle. Aged, G st. 10 lb. . 

 Mr. O'Reilly's Vandyke. 4 yrs., 6 st. 10 lb. 

 Mr. Shepherd's Cardsharper. 5 yrs., 6 st. 8 lb. . 

 Mr. Greville's Quince. 5 yrs., 6 st. 8 lb. . 



Mr. W. Robinson's Siding. 4 yrs., 6 st. 8 lb. (inc. 10 lb 

 extra) 



]Mr. Barber's Goorkah. 6 jts., 6 st. 6 lb. , 

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Hibbert 



Fordham 



Flatman 



Chaloner 



Withington 



Bates 



Crouch 



Ducker 



Musgrove 



Plumb 



G. Quinton 

 Mundy 



