Mr. George Osbaldeston 



Thurslow country, in Suffolk, as well, riding from one country 

 to the other. His hounds, when sold at Tattersall's in 1834, 

 fetched enormous prices, Mr. Harvey Combe giving thirteen 

 hundred guineas for six couple. 



Of the many steeplechases ridden by the Squire, the 

 most famous were when, in 1826, on Clasher, he beat Dick 

 Christian on Captain Ross's Clinker, for a thousand guineas 

 a side ; in the same year, when riding Pilot, he triumphed 

 over Captain Ross on Polecat; and at Harrow, in 1832, 

 when riding Grimaldi, he beat Dan Seffert on Moonraker. 

 Perhaps the most memorable of all was that at Dunchurch, 

 when, on the same horse, he defeated his old friend General 

 Charettie on Napoleon. 



In addition to steeplechasing, Mr. Osbaldeston, in the course 

 of his career, rode a great deal on the flat, and as he could 

 easily go to scale at 9 st. from 1830 to 1840, was constantly 

 in the saddle. Riding at Newmarket in the Queen's Plate 

 on one occasion on Sorella — a mare of his own — and finding 

 Miss Elis, belonging to Lord George Bentinck, and ridden 

 by " Nat," was beating him, the Squire, who was never 

 very particular in his methods, tried his best to drive him 

 out of the course, whereupon " Nat," in addition to using 

 some very strong language, struck him with his whip. In 

 the result. Miss Elis won, each jockey lodging a complaint 

 against the other on their return to the weighing-room. 

 The Stewards, however, dismissed each case. Lord George 

 remarking that if Mr. Osbaldeston rode with jockeys, he 

 must put up with the remarks in which they habitually 

 indulged. 



Lord Wilton's meeting at Heaton Park was just then in 

 full swing, and the idea prevailing in many quarters that 

 the handicaps were framed in exceptionally favourable terms 



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