*mm xuD' 89 



had my old friend Fordham, or Johnnie Osborne, 

 been riding ' Boiard ' I should certainly not have 

 won. 



Lord Lonsdale was a gentleman who raced purely 

 for the sport. He rarely betted ; only had a 

 "pony" or "fifty" on a horse of his own in a big 

 race to make presents with in case he won. His 

 lordship was very fond of seeing his own colours 

 when he came to Newmarket, and I well remember 

 him making both Captain Machell and J. Cannon, 

 who trained for him at that time, very annoyed in- 

 deed because he would enter ' King Lud ' (whom they 

 were specially training for the Alexandra Plate) in 

 the Ditch Mile Handicap at the Newmarket Second 

 Spring Meeting of 1874. When the weights came 

 out, ' King Lud' was allotted 8 st. 10 lb : ' Andred,' 

 belonging to Lord Falmouth, and ridden by Archer, 

 had earned a penalty, bringing his weight up to 

 9 St. 3 lb. There were ten runners, and ' King 

 Lud,' who was always a gross colt, looked more like 

 a mare in foal than a horse going to run. The 

 layers offered long odds against him, though his 

 price is returned 100 to 7 against. Captain Machell, 

 more out of bravado than anything else, took 100 

 to 3 once. It was a good run race, and when we 

 came to the cords, which they had at that time 



