SUMMARY OF CONTENTS XXI 



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" Ton my word, there's my luck again " " Not our Bessie's 



form " " Johnnie " asleep and awake, - 366 



CHAPTER XX 



An old rival Jim Snowden His career and death His belief 

 in Blair Athol Getting " fit " " Bleend horse and bleend 

 jockey winnet dee " Jockey's pensions The Pontefract 

 accident An objection Death of Mr. " Sandy " Young A 

 grand sportsman Morning gallops at Gosforth Park Billy 

 Nichol's "five things to knaa" Master "John" caught 

 napping Objection to Gloriation, - - 390 



CHAPTER XXI 



A national testimonial to our hero The Daily Telegraphs 

 tribute High-minded Courageous Modest-mannered 

 honest The Liverpool accident of '91 Ashgill inmates of 

 that season Lodore and Dissenter's double dead-heat at 

 Carlisle Two great struggles between " Mr. John " and 

 Seth Chandley Fred Bates and Tom Holmes won't divide 

 Mr. Ford as mediator Figaro II. and Lily Agnes's dead- 

 heat at Lincoln John and Parry's desperate struggle Mr. 

 Ford's description and verdict " The two finest races I 

 ever saw " Some account of Robert Osborne Early efforts 

 as a jockey Gamelad's rehearsal with Wild Dayrell How 

 the trial impressed Robert Osborne Harking back Tommy 

 Lye The Deformed Pretender and Pero Gomez The 

 spur Apology's lameness About roaring in horses 

 Upleathan, Moorcock, and Northallerton Atmosphere a 

 cause of roaring Conformation Dip-backed ones Fan- 

 dango's dam Shoulder action Arabian and English horses 

 Training: past and present methods Charles Lund 

 loquitur John Scott Sweating and blood-letting Horses 

 heavier in old days Tom Dawson's notes lost and found, - 409 



CHAPTER XXII 



Mr. "John" as a foxhunter His falls in the field Immunity 

 from savaging Jockeys' earnings Subtleties of jockeyship 



