Contents 



CHAPTER IX. 



I'AGE 



My Riding Contemporaries — George Fordham and Fred Archer 

 — Fordham's Race in the Cambridgeshire of 187 1 — A Case of 

 Mistaken Identity — Fordham's Single-Wicket Match — Archer 

 as a Jockey and Hunting Man — His Reception in Ireland, 

 and Sad Death . . . . .112-133 



CHAPTER X. 



More Riding Contemporaries — John Osborne as a Jockey — 

 John Wells's Eccentric Attire — Jem Snowden in and out of 

 the Saddle — Sammy Morden and the Tiger's Cockade — 

 " Speedy," and the Lords, Dukes, and Admirals — Norman as 

 a Jockey and Pedestrian .... 134-148 



CHAPTER XI. 



A Curious Finish — The ' Mystery ' Case : Nominators and the 

 Forfeit Eist — Jem Potter and his Tenner — Mr. Gretton and 

 ' Sterling ' — The Cambridgeshire and Liverpool Autumn Cup 

 of 1873 — ' Sterling ' as a Stud Horse . . 149-164 



CHAPTER XIL 



' Broomielaw ' and ' Peter ' — Trying Two-year-olds — Mr. Ver- 

 rall's " Eccentric " Handicap — My Derby Career — Why I 

 gave up Riding — Systems of Training — The Brothers Dawson 

 as Trainers — John Scott, the Wizard of the North . 165-183 



CHAPTER XIH. 



Well-known Turf Celebrities — Lord Glasgow as an Owner and 

 Breeder — Incident between his Lordship and Jim Godding 

 — Lord Glasgow's Eccentricities — As a Match-maker — His 

 Dress and Appearance — His Dislike to Nomenclature — His 

 many Trainers — Aldcroft's Ride on 'Tom Bowline' in the 

 Two Thousand Guineas — Blackballing Colonel Forester 



