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Cup in a canter, and afterwards was sold, together with 

 Split the Wind, to Mr. R. Sutton, and proved himself 

 in his new ownership one of the best horses over a 

 distance of ground that ever trod the turf. Lady 

 Tatton and Magnifier also won him races, and Eepulse, 

 who was sold to Lord Hastings, carried off the One 

 Thousand Guineas. In conjunction with Mr. H. 

 Hargreaves, Mr. Jackson owned several horses, which 

 ran in the name of Mr. Thompson, the best of them 

 being the famous Tunstall Maid, Blackthorn, Terrific, 

 and Sprig of Shillelagh. Tunstall Maid was by Touch- 

 stone out of Ellerdale's dam, and she won the con- 

 federacy, the Great Northern Handicap at York. She 

 was only beaten a length in the Oaks, when Governess 

 and Gildermire ran their famous dead heat, but in the 

 Great Yorkshire Stakes she turned the tables on Gilder- 

 mire in the most decisive manner, winning in a common 

 canter, her rival being so much exhausted that she was 

 pulled up before reaching the winning post. 



To the last Jackson vowed there was never a horse 

 foaled like Blair Athol, and on the formation of his 

 breeding stud he purchased him for 7500 guineas; or 

 perhaps it is truer to say that was the price at which he 

 was valued for Mr. William I'Anson, his then owner 

 and trainer, who refused to sell the horse outright, and 

 retained a third share, so that, in point of fact, he only 

 really owned the remaining two-thirds, for which he 

 paid 5000 guineas. After Lord Lyon's Derby the report 

 was circulated that he had not paid in full all the claims 

 upon him, but this was soon proved to be a scandal, as 

 Harry Steel, of Sheffield, the well-known penciller, 

 undertook the settlement of his accounts. At the time 

 of his death Mr. Jackson was the owner of a very large 



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