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Lanercost in '40, and she won it in '41 and '42. Alice 

 Hawthorn had her name attached to it in '44, and 

 amongst other good horses on the long roll of winners 

 were Chanticleer, Canezou, Kingston, and King of 

 Trumps. 



Victor Emanuel soon made amends for his New- 

 castle disappointment, as he won the Cumberland 

 Plate at Carlisle the following week (his stable com- 

 panion, Novice, running second to him), a performance 

 he supplemented at Goodwood by defeating a 

 considerable field for the Chesterfield Cup the following 

 July. The Goodwood Cup of this meeting was reduced 

 to a match between Jim Snowden on Dresden China 

 and John Osborne on Chippendale, the latter being 

 beaten by three-parts of a length. " Chip's " defeat was 

 a terrible blow to the plungers. The report was 

 circulated that the Malton mare was slightly amiss, 

 and with Chippendale cherry ripe the issue was voted 

 a " moral " for him. Hence the plungers went fear- 

 lessly for Lord Bradford's horse, one of them having 

 the temerity to lay 3000 to 1000 on him, but to his 

 dismay, and those of his kidney, the mare triumphed 

 somewhat easily. 



Many a stout tussle took place between Billy Platt, 

 who for some years was the Ashgill head lad, and " Mr. 

 John." A notable instance took place this year at 

 Eedcar. Platt rode Mr. Vyner's filly by Scottish Chief 

 out of Agility, and John was on Mr. Bragg's 

 Quarteronne, both trained by the Osbornes, Platt 

 winning in a desperate finish by a neck, another stable 

 companion in Mr. Vyner's Gaysome being close up 

 behind them. The same day two exciting finishes were 

 witnessed between Mr. C. Perkins's Durham (Mr. T. 



