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. 



S I Started riding in the year 1856, I 

 have only one contemporary now 

 left — my very old friend John 

 Osborne. It is needless to say that 

 I have the greatest respect for him, 

 both as a personal friend and as a jockey. To my 

 mind, Osborne was one of the best judges of pace in 

 a long race — which we rarely see now — I ever saw, 

 and although of late years considered a trifle slow 

 at the start, he generally made up for it afterwards. 

 John Osborne never thought of winning except 

 at the winning-post. Many riders forget this, and 

 in my experience of ten years as a starter, and 

 twenty-four as a jockey, I have on many occasions 



