CHAPTER XIII. 



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

 Breeder — Incident between his Lordship and Jim Godding — ■ 

 Lord Glasgow's Eccentricities — As a Matchmaker— 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 from the 

 Jockey Club — Mr. Mannington and George Fordham — The 

 Demon's Riding Lesson — Out with the Brighton Harriers — 

 Mr. Mannington as a A'eterinary Surgeon — About " Count Bolo " 

 — West Drayton and its Clerk of the Course — The Grand 

 Stand burnt down — The Count as a Practical Joker — Mr. 

 "Billy" NichoU — Hedging the ' Belladrum ' Money — As a 

 Town Councillor — Mr. Joe Wood as a Racing Man. 



RAVELLING about to race meet- 

 ings Is a varied experience. One 

 must meet many curious people, 

 both patricians and plebeians. It 

 would be difficult to find a more 

 eccentric sportsman than the late Earl of Glasgow, 

 who used to breed and run many racehorses 

 between 1854 and 1869. Although he had his 



