CO ASHGILL; OR, THE LIFE 



the same month for the Northamptonshire Cup Stakes. 

 He went one higher on Pity the Blind by winning a 

 5 sovs. sweepstake, with " 25 sovs. added by J. E. 

 Dennison, Esq., member for the borough." This event 

 was decided in four heats, one and a half miles each, 

 the youthful jockey being second in the first, unplaced 

 in the second, and winning the two final heats, Mr. 

 Bowes' The Flapper and Mr. Hobson's Beverley being 

 second and third respectively. 



Prominent amongst the contemporary gentlemen 

 riders half a century ago were Mr. Scobell, Mr. Gregson, 

 Lord Howth, Lord Strathmore, Captain Williams, 

 Captain D'Arcy, Mr. Luke, Mr. Lovesey, Mr. Parr, Mr. 

 G. Noel, Mr. P. P. Holt, Mr. Clarke, Captain Harvey, 

 Mr. Davenport, Mr. Batson, Colonel Richardson, Mr. 

 Crawford, Mr. C. C. Brooke, Mr. Osbaldeston, Mr. 

 Powell, Mr. Carter, Mr. T. Parker, Mr. W. Savin, Mr. 

 Wesley, Mr. Butler, Mr. Wombwell, Mr. Pilgrim, Mr. 

 R. Hunter, Mr. Foster, jun., Captain Little, Captain 

 Broadley, Captain Peel, Mr. Elwes, Captain Bell, Mr. 

 Wheal, Mr. T. Oliver, Mr. A. Smith, Mr. Jennings, 

 Mr. S. Erskine, Mr. C. Boynton, Mr. Cunningham, 

 Captain Pearce, Captain Key, Mr. Reeve, Mr. 

 Berkeley, Mr. Rowley, Mr. G. S. L. Fox, Sir J. Gerard, 

 Mr. Nicoll, Mr. Bevill, Lord B. Cecil, Mr. Peart, Mr. 

 Cookson, Mr. Chichester, etc. 



Young Osborne again scored this year (1849) on the 

 useful Ada Mary, for " sixty guineas (clear)," at 

 Chester, the race being two heats, once round the 

 Roodee. She started on even money chance the first 

 time, and with odds of 5 to 2 on her the second, Mr. 

 Thomas Dawson's The Alp being second to her in the 

 final. Pity the Blind gave him another winning mount 

 in Newton Gold Cup, the gift of the lord of the manor, 

 value 100 sovs. At the same meeting he was second 



