AND TIMES OF JOHN OSBORNE Cl 



on Pity the Blind to Anthony for a 50 sovs. plate, 

 second on Lady Hylda to Maid of Lyme for the Stand 

 Cup, and second on Zingari to Sir Henry Hardinge, by 

 Gladiator, for the Newton Stakes, finishing up the 

 meeting by winning a 50 sovs. plate on Pity the Blind, 

 the Calendar having a footnote to the race, " The 

 winner was claimed," so that it may be assumed John 

 Osborne, sen., lost the useful son of Inheritor on this 

 occasion, after he had done the then struggling trainer 

 yeoman service. 



In the July of 1849 young " Johnnie " won his first 

 important handicap the Liverpool Cup. As showing 

 the conditions of this race half a century ago, the record 

 is taken in extenso from the Calendar of that year. 



THE LIVKRPOOL CUP, in specie of 300 sovereigns, given from the Racing Fund, 

 added to a Handicap Sweepstake of 25 sovereigns each, 15 ft., and 5 only if 

 declared on or before 21st April ; the winner of the Two Thousand Guineas, 

 7 Ib. ; the Thousand Guineas, 4 Ib. ; the Derby, 10 Ib. ; the Oaks, 7 Ib. ; or of 

 any other sweepstakes cup, cup stakes, or plate in 1849 (not being a 

 handicap) of the clear value of 500 sovereigns, 5 Ib. ; and the second in the 

 Derby, 7 Ib. ; and Oaks, 5 Ib. extra ; of any two of such races, 10 Ib. extra, 

 but this, in any case, to be the extreme penalty ; the winner of the Metro- 

 politan Stakes, at Epsom, Chester Cup, Somersetshire Stakes, at Bath, 

 Ascot Stakes, Northumberland Plate, Cumberland Plate, or Manchester 

 Trades' Cup, 10 Ib. extra ; or of any other handicap race of the value of 200 

 sovereigns clear, 3 Ib. ; of 400 sovereigns, 5 Ib. ; of any two of such last- 

 mentioned handicaps, 8 Ib. extra, the winner to pay 30 sovereigns to the 

 judge, and the owner of the second horse to receive 50 sovereigns from the 

 stakes; two miles (123 subscribers, 63 of whom paid only 5 sovereigns 

 each). 



Mr. Disney's b c Bon-Mot, by Elvas, 3 yrs., 5 st., . . Osborne 1 



Sir R. Pigot's Essedarius, 3 yrs., 5 st. 6 Ib. (inc. 10 Ib. ex.), E. Sharp 2 



Mr. B Green's Westow, 3 yrs., 5 st. 5 Ib. (inc. 5 Ib. ex.), . Basham 3 



Mr. Eddison's John Cosser, 4 yrs., 7 st. 10 Ib. (inc. 10 Ib. ex.), Flatman 



Mr. Lawson's b h Keleshea, 5 yrs., 6 st. 12 Ib., . . Ryder 



Mr. Fowler's br f Ribaldry, 4 yrs., 6 st. 4 Ib., . . . W. Sharpe 



Mr. I. Day's gr h Portrait, aged, 5 st. 10 Ib., . . . Rodney 



Mr. XicholPs ch c Woolwich, 3 yrs., 5 st. 3 Ib., . . Hiett 



Mr. Bowes' b c Thringarth, 3 yrs., 5 st., .... Charlton 



Mr. Drinkald's b c Sauter la Coupe, 3 yrs., 4 st. 10 Ib., .. A. Pavis 



Betting 2 to 1 against Essedarius, 5 to 2 against Thringarth, 5 to 1 against 

 Jonn Cosser, 7 to 1 against Keleshea, 16 to 1 against Westow, 16 to 1 against 

 Sauter la Coupe, and 20 to 1 against Bon-Mot. Won by a length, the same 

 between second and third, Thringarth was fourth, and John Cosser fifth. 



