10S ASHGILL; OR, THE LIFE 



means or other. Poor fellow! he was killed on 

 the spot, and was brought here to be buried in 

 Coverham Churchyard. He was a Lancashire 

 lad, and was married to my sister at Coverham 

 Church. I daresay it was my sister's wish that 

 he was brought here to be buried. 



" Speaking of old Middleham trainers, I can 



just remember old Bob Johnson, of Tupgill. He 



rode Dr. Syntax in nearly all his races. Then he 



trained Bee's-wing and Nutwith, when he won 



the St. Leger. Bob Johnson rode General Chasse* 



at Liverpool the first time he ran, and won. He 



was a great slug of a horse, and after the race 



his owner asked Bob what he thought of ' The 



General.' ' He's a nice donkey kind of a devil, 



Sir James,' was Bob's reply. Sir James had to 



call in the aid of Thomas Dawson to interpret 



Bob's description of his horse. I couldn't be 



certain whether Mr. Dawson trained General 



Chasse 7 or not, but I know Mr. Fobert trained him 



for the St. Leger. I can remember old George 



Gates having two or three horses in training at 



Middleham after I came from school. Of course 



I can well remember Thomas Dawson and John 



. Fobert. Paddy Drislane? yes, of course, he was 



here first of all as head man with Fred Bates, 



and then he started training on his own account. 



I think Warlaby was the best horse he had. He 



was head man at Tupgill when Bates had Tarn o' 



Shanter in the Chester Cup. They made an 



attempt to back the horse for that race, but 



found they couldn't get any money on. ' Lave it 



to me, 'pon my word,' said Paddy to Fred Bates, 



' and you'll get the money on.' So Paddy pre- 



