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vided on the card, of the value of 100 sovs., " given by 

 the members of the Hunt in commemoration of the great 

 match run at this meeting, added to a sweepstake of 

 15 sovs. each, 10 feet, three years old, 6 st. 10 Ibs. ; four, 

 8 st. 10 Ibs. ; five, 9 st. 5 Ibs. ; mares and geldings 

 allowed 5 Ibs., to start at Middlethorpe corner and go 

 once round ; about two miles and a half (thirteen sub- 

 scribers)." " Johnnie " was on Nancy, by Pompey, three 

 years, and Job Marson rode Lord Zetland's four-year- 

 old, on whom 6 to 4 was laid, Nancy winning by a 

 length. 



The next event at this meeting was the " First year 

 of The Flying Dutchman's Handicap, of 20 sovs. each, 

 10 feet. Two miles." " Johnnie " rode the winner on 

 the Ashgill bred 'un Alp, by Provost, then owned by 

 Mr. J. Shepherd, but it was a desperate finish, Chantrey 

 pushing Alp to a head on the post. 



But harking back to '50, The Black Doctor still 

 further paid his way at Chester, after which " Johnnie " 

 had his first winning mount at Newmarket on 

 Mr. W. E. Hobson's Gladiole in a sweepstake of 

 10 sovs., gaining the verdict by a neck. On the 20th 

 October of this year (1850) George Fordham had his 

 first leg up in public, at Brighton, on Mr. Law's 

 Isabella, two years, "The Kid" then scaling 5 st. 

 The prominent professional horsemen of the period 

 were George Abdale, Job Marson, Arnold, Charlton, 

 Aldcroft, Tommy Lye, Templeman, A. Day, Bumby, 

 Basham, Carroll, Hammond, Haylive, G. Gates, Wells, 

 Cartwright, Livesey, Huxby, Simpson, Marlow, Sam 

 Rogers, G. Mann, F. Butler, Chappie, E. Sharp, W. 

 Boyce, Whitehouse, G. and J. Mann, T. Smith, W. 

 Smith, Heavens, Wakefield, Pavis, Redman, Bennett, 

 T. Byrne, T. Osborne, L. Harlock, Atherton, Steggles, 



