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ride for Count Henckell; Tom Chaloner, 

 Harry Grimshaw, Whiteley he went to 

 Germany; Dick and Willie Chaloner (brothers 

 of Tom), Busby; Willie Platt, Mills; Glover, W. 

 Carroll he began riding in '50 ; and C. Carroll, 

 who, I think, began in '54. Both the Carrolls 

 died, Charles was killed at Musselburgh in '67, 

 a horse falling under him as he was coming 

 round the last turn; Bill died after leaving 

 Ashgill. Walter Wood would come to us about 

 1870; he went to New Zealand and Australia. 

 Then there was George Gates ; he was with John 

 Fobert first, and afterwards went to Bill Scott's. 

 William Abdale was here; he was the crack 

 light-weight of his day, and went from my 

 father to Lord George Bentinck, riding a lot for 

 him at Goodwood. George Abdale, too, was a 

 good jockey, but always a little bit heavy. He 

 rode Maid of Masham for all her races as a five 

 and six-year-old. Bearpark rode well, though he 

 never got much riding except on horses in our 

 stable; he was very successful abroad as a 

 jockey. Tom Chaloner was a good jockey a 

 good light-weight ; he was good all through, from 

 a boy upward. So was Harry Grimshaw, who, 

 on leaving Ashgill in '61 or '62, went to ride for 

 Count Lagrange in England at the time the 

 Count came over to race in this country, winning 

 a lot of races for him. Gladiateur was his great 

 mount, but he did not ride him as a two-year-old, 

 Edwards riding him twice that season. Harry 

 Grimshaw was killed on his way home from a 

 race meeting. It was a very dark night, and the 

 trap in which he was riding was upset by some 



