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ASHGILL; OR, THE LIFE 



THE RACE. 



The lot lay well together for a distance, but on settling down Town Crier took a 

 clear lead of Earl of Dartrey and Claremont, close up with whom were Craig 

 Millar and Camballo, Balfe having a place on the extreme left, and the French 

 pair next. Nearing the Bushes, Town Crier gave way to Claremont on the 

 extreme right, and Claremont was left in possession of a slight lead until half- 

 way down the Bushes Hill. Here Camballo, full of running, headed Claremont, 

 and headed the hill clear of everything. Fordham, however, came with a rush 

 in the last few hundred yards but never got up, and Camballo won in a canter 

 by two lengths from Picnic, who beat Breechloader a neck for second place ; 

 Claremont fourth, Balfe fifth, Craig Millar sixth, Leveret seventh, the last two 

 being Earl of Dartrey and Town Crier. Time of the race, 1 min. 46 sees. 



The Rev. Mr. King though it was only under the 

 nom de GOUTS of Mr. " Launde " that the highly-respected 

 vicar of Ashby-de-la-Launde was familiar to the 

 sporting world, and then as the owner of the whilom 

 Derby favourite, Holy Friar, and the Oaks and 

 St. Leger heroine, Apology died on Sunday afternoon, 

 9th May, 1875. Though he had been ailing for a long 

 time, the more immediate cause of death arose from 

 fracture of the thigh which befell him nearly twelve 

 months previously. After Mr. King won the St. Leger 

 of 1874, the then Bishop of Lincoln, within whose see 

 Ashby-de-la-Launde was situate, addressed a somewhat 

 serious remonstrance to Mr. King against him 

 associating himself with Turf matters, to which the 

 reverend gentleman responded by resigning his living, 

 addressing in reply a most caustic, gentlemanly 

 reminder to his lordship, of which the following is an 

 extract : 



" It is true that now for more than fifty years 

 I have bred, and have sometimes had in 

 training, horses for the Turf. They are horses 

 of a breed highly prized, which I inherited with 

 my estate, and have been in my family for 

 generations. It may be difficult, perhaps, to 

 decide what constitutes a scandal in the Church, 



