XVI SUMMARY OF CONTENTS 



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"Never a horse foaled like Blair Athol'' Saunterer's 

 Goodwood Cup Death of Lord Glasgow, followed by Lord 

 Derby's Death of John Stephenson, the leviathan Dr. 

 Shorthouse's sketch The "Two Thousand" of '69 Pre- 

 tender and " Johnnie's " triumph, - 173 



CHAPTER XII 



Pretender's Derby Rivalry with Pero Gomez John Day's 

 opinion of Belladrum " All Yorkshire " on " Johnnie " and 

 Pretender "Amphion's" prophecy The day of battle 

 arrives Mr. Graham and The Drummer Belladrum the 

 idol of the multitude John Porter and Wells fancy Pero 

 Gomez The race : a jiggety jog pace and then a cracker 

 Terrific finish between Pretender and Pero Gomez ; the 

 former and Osborne win the Derby by a head Wells 

 surprised at the verdict Description of the race Sir Joseph 

 Hawley's objection to the winner He loses popularity and 

 is stigmatised The "Pretender" panic Excitement at 

 Tattersall's The interval between the Derby and St. Leger 

 Triumph of Pero Gomez at Doncaster The opening of 

 '69 Death of Johnny O'Brien John Osborne's description 

 of the Two Thousand, Derby, and St. Leger, - - 192 



CHAPTER XIII 



Pretender our hero's only Derby winner The cause explained 

 His riding for Tupgill Sir Robert Jardine and Mr. A. 

 Johnstone's patronage Present decay of Middleham Lord 

 Eglinton, Lord Glasgow, and Admiral Harcourt its former 

 mainstays Migration of owners and horses to the South 

 "Money makes the mare to go" ."Old Croft," William 

 I'Anson, and Tom Dawson Agility's career A useful two- 

 year-old Into the " seventies " Thorn, Mendip, and Grand 

 Flaneur Mr. R. N. Batt's patronage of Ashgill Purchase 

 of Grand Flaneur " A cheap lot " Thorn, a handsome 

 generous horse Some of his achievements Mr. and Mrs. 

 R. N. Batt A high-spirited dashing Irishwoman Her 

 penchant for driving Anecdote of Mr. Greer "A bit up 



