AND TIMES OF JOHN OSBORXE oil 



and Cambuscan match, Jackson, throughout the whole 

 of that week at Newmarket, displayed a bitter antipathy 

 to the " white and crimson " banner of Glasgow. His 

 repeated cries of " Cambuscan for a thousand " irritated 

 beyond measure the old Earl, who, unlike the majority 

 of owners, always felt pleased when the public backed 

 his colours. About this period it was only on rare 

 occasions Lord Glasgow made a bet, for which there 

 was some reason, as when he opened his mouth his 

 tenders were so vast that the fielders were silenced. 

 " What is it I hear you have given for Fairfield ? " asked 

 the Earl in his most vitriolic manner of Jackson, who 

 mentioned the amount. " I will bet you twenty ' Fair- 

 fields ' on my horse if you want to bet," was the defiant 

 and acrid reply. This retort silenced Jackson effectively, 

 and no more offers of " Cambuscan for a thousand " came 

 from " Jock o' Oran " in Lord Glasgow's hearing. The 

 match, which was for 500 sovs., across the flat, was 

 decided at Newmarket Second October, and with 6 to 5 

 on him, Cambuscan, ridden by A. Edwards, defeated 

 " The General " by half a length. 



As had been the case for many years before, Mr. 

 Robert Vyner remained a loyal and liberal patron of 

 the Osbornes in '83, as indeed he is to the present day, 

 although he has a second trainer for part of his stud in 

 Matthews at Ripon. Of Mr. Vyner's lot trained by the 

 Osbornes this season, the game little Fabiola, as a 

 two-year-old, won several races, showing that dash of 

 speed over five furlong " cuts " which marked the after 

 record of this useful daughter of Martyrdom. Fraga, 

 Gamboge, and Stole were also successful banner-bearers 

 of the " violet and white " ; while the filly by Cucumber 

 out of Tocher, the great upstanding Waterford, Blair- 

 gowrie, Glenluce, Campanology, Sarra, Glorification, 



