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of the weiorhine - room at Newmarket after he 

 had ridden ' Tom BowHne ' in the Two Thou- 

 sand Guineas of i860, for which race he started 

 second favourite. Several jockeys about saw that 

 his lordship was in a rage, so we stood up at the 

 window, close to where the conversation was going 

 on, and consequently heard every word. It com- 

 menced by Lord Glasgow asking Aldcroft how the 

 race was run, and how his colt carried him. Poor 

 Aldcroft, although a good jockey and very fine 

 finisher, never knew anything about a race five 

 minutes after it was over, and he began by saying, 

 "After we started, I waited with niy horse until 

 half-way across the Flat ; then I sent him to the front, 

 and took second place with him. After we passed 

 the Bushes my horse began to tire." 



His lordship, who had been very fidgety all the 

 time (being very much enraged at being beaten by 

 ' The Wizard,' a horse trained in the same stable), 

 and scratchinof the back of his head faster than 

 usual, turned round in a fearful rage, and, screaming 

 with temper, said : 



" You liar ! You never were in the first ten." 



Off went Aldcroft as quick as he could, much to 

 our amusement. 



Lord Glasgow carried his eccentricities to a great 



