Mr. John Solloway 



namely, in 1841, on Lord Villier's Goblin, who fell; in 1842, 

 on Lord Maidstone's Satirist; in 1843, ^^ Goblin once more, 

 when he finished fifth; and in 1848 and 1849, on both of which 

 occasions he rode Wolverhampton, which horse he purchased 

 before riding him the second time. In 1844, though he him- 

 self had no mount, Mr. Bretherton ran a horse of his own 

 named Marengo, who was ridden by Starkey, and in 1853 he 

 was represented in the race by Chatterbox. 



Mr. JOHN SOLLOWAY 



If history is worthy of credence, there were few — if any, indeed 

 — amono^st the band of brilliant amateur horsemen who 

 flourished during what has been termed the St. Albans era, 

 when steeplechasing first became the fashion, who for skill 

 in the saddle could give much weight away to Mr. John 

 Solloway. 



In 1837, Prince Paul Esterhazy, being anxious to see 

 another steeplechase before he left England, approached 

 Tommy Coleman on the subject, who replied that he found 

 himself so much out of pocket by his recent ventures in 

 that line that he was seriously contemplating giving them 

 up, but that if he (Prince Paul) would allow Prince Nicholas 

 to give a cup to be run for, he would undertake, on his part, 

 to get up a good field of horses to compete for it. 



Whereupon Prince Paul Esterhazy, clapping Coleman on 

 the shoulder, announced his intention of at once ordering 

 one from Storr and Mortimer on his own account. 



This liberal act on his part settled the question, and Tommy 



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