220 ASHGILL; OR, THE LIFE 



" Yes, I rode Bothwell when he won the Two 

 Thousand. He was tried a nailing good horse in 

 the spring as a two-year-old. He belonged to 

 Mr. Jardine, now Sir Robert, but ran in Mr. 

 Johnstone's name. Bothwell ran a good horse 

 as a two-year-old. He beat Sterling ; was second 

 at Ascot, and won the ' Gimcrack ' at York. He 

 had only done about eight or ten days' work 

 before he won the ' Gimcrack.' He was also 

 second in the ' Criterion.' In the Two Thousand 

 they started Fisherman to make strong running 

 for him, as they had no doubt about him staying 

 that day." 



BOTHVVELL'S TWO THOUSAND, 1871. 



The'Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES, a subscription of 100 sovereigns each, h. ft., 

 for three-year olds ; colts, 8 st. 10 lb., fillies, 8 st. 5 Ib. ; second to receive 200 

 sovereigns out of the stakes, and third to save stake. R.M., 1 mile 17 yards. 



Mr. T. Dawson's Bothwell, by Stockwell Katherine Logie, J. Osbonie 1 

 Mr. Blaydon's Sterling, by Oxford d. by Flatcatcher 



Silence, ......... Cannon 2 



Mr. Merry's King o' the Forest, by Scottish Chief Lioness, Snowden 3 



Prince Batthyany's Macalpine, ..... Morris 



Mr. Beverley's Blenheim, ...... Grimshaw 



Lord Bradford's Festival, ...... Goater 



Mr. Crawfurd's Dalnacardoch, ..... Chaloner 



Mr. T. Dawson's Fisherman, ...... Hudson 



Mr. Delamarre's Clotaire, ...... Carver 



Mr. Jones' Digby Grand, ...... Fordham 



Count F. de Lagrange's General, ..... distance 



General Peel's Draco, ....... French 



Mr. Saville's Ripponden, ...... Maidment 



Betting 55 to 20 against King o' the Forest, 11 to 2 against Sterling, 11 to 2 

 against Bothwell, 100 to 15 against General, 100 to 3 against Dalnacardoch, 

 40 to 1 against Draco, 50 to 1 against Macalpine, 66 to 1 against Ripponden, 

 66 to 1 against Blenheim. 



As usual a large number of both horsemen and 

 pedestrians assembled at the starting post long before 

 the starter had taken charge of the horses, which, on this 

 occasion, numbered a baker's dozen. Several breaks 



