406 ASHGILL; OR, THE LIFE 



At so critical a juncture a mishap like this was almost 

 sufficient to extinguish the chance of Mr. Vyner's colt, 

 on whom John had the mount. King Milan, with 

 Wood up, had already settled Aintree at the foot of 

 the paddock rails, and the race, to all appearance, 

 was his. But he had yet to count with John Osborne, 

 who had gathered Gloriation together after the cannon, 

 and, with marvellous brilliancy, he came swooping down 

 upon ' The King ' a few strides from the chair, 

 ultimately winning by a neck. Well did the veteran 

 Osborne deserve the ovation he received on his return 

 to the paddock, for, of the many brilliant finishes he 

 has ridden during his lengthened career on the Turf, 

 not one surpassed that on Gloriation this afternoon. 

 The Aintree division were not prepared to see their 

 colt crack up as he did, and it is quite true he is not 

 a stayer, having previously confirmed that estimate 

 in the Derby, for which he was backed for heaps of 

 money to get a place, only to get fourth. 



" Eeturning to Gloriation, it may be observed 

 that when the 'all right' was called from the 

 weighing-room, the colt's backers felt on the best 

 of terms with themselves, but their jubilations 

 were soon changed to a graver mood when it 

 became known that Mr. 'Arden,' the owner of King 

 Milan, had lodged an objection against Gloriation 

 on the ground of carrying the wrong weight. 

 News of objection did not become known in the ring 

 until five minutes after the ' all right ' had been called. 

 In that five minutes the bookmakers had paid hundreds 

 of pounds of money away to ready-money speculators. 

 Naturally the paying process was stopped at once, 

 pending the decision of the Stewards. Mr. ' Arden's ' 

 case was submitted to Lord Durham and Mr. W. H. A. 



