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and Lord Glasgow were described as greatly resembling 

 lovers' quarrels. Neither seemed willing to part; and 

 one moment the jockey was first favourite, and the next 

 he had to give way to the capricious peer. Then 

 Aldcroft would go out and weep, and the old Earl was 

 stated to have been similarly moved. Then this was 

 considered very absurd on the part of both parties, and 

 it was suggested that a definite understanding should 

 be come to between them, and an end put to the stereo- 

 typed paragraphs in the papers about the falling-out 

 and reconciliation of the Earl and his jockey. 



The annals of the Goodwood Cup form some of the 

 most interesting chapters of Turf history. One of the 

 most stirring of these great contests for it was that of 

 1861, when John Osborne had the mount on The 

 Wizard, who was a great favourite of John Scott's, 

 though he failed to realise the very high estimate which 

 the famous Whitewall House trainer had formed of him, 

 either for the Derby or the St. Leger. This Goodwood 

 Cup had quite an international character, as it brought 

 into opposition to The Wizard, a French mare, the Derby 

 winner in Thormanby, Mr. Ten Broeck's American-bred 

 horse Starke, and others. The " head " finish between 

 The Wizard and Starke saw John Osborne on the 

 former and George Fordham on the latter, fighting out 

 the battle, which went to Starke, whose victory sent 

 New York into ecstasies, as indeed is the case with our 

 American cousins now nearly forty years later, when 

 they triumph over John Bull in any of his great sports 

 or games with their representatives. As will be seen 

 from the appended outline of the race, excerpted from 

 " Our Van " (Bailys Magazine), Starke's victory, after a 

 tremendous flogging, was largely due to the policy which 



