322 HORSE-RACING IN ENGLAND 



not to be accepted by anybody but the Jew Apella 

 without the help of the salt-cellar. There is 

 perhaps a misprint somewhere. 



A.D. 1804 : On Saturday, August 25, on 

 Knavesmire, York, was decided ' A match for 

 500 guineas, and 1,000 guineas bye, 4 miles, 

 between Colonel Thornton's Vingarillo (spelt all 

 sorts of ways) and Mr. Flint's br. h. Thornville, 

 by Volunteer. Mrs, Thornton to ride her own 

 weight against Mr. Flint's. Mrs. Thornton, so 

 called, was Miss Alicia Meynell (daughter of a 

 respectable watchmaker of Norwich, about twenty- 

 two years old, and as fascinating as ' sweet Anne 

 Page,' but hardly of such ' pretty virginities,' since 

 she lived * under the protection ' of the very sport- 

 ing Colonel Thornton, of Thornville, Yorks) ; and 

 Mr., or Captain, Flint, was a ' fast ' gentleman, a 

 sportsman of celebrity, and author of ' A Treatise 

 on the Management of the Horse,' who ultimately 

 squandered all his property and died by his own 

 hand, though unintentionally, it was supposed, 

 through taking an overdose of prussic acid, to the 

 use of which he had habituated himself to relieve 

 attacks of spasmodic asthma. The match created 

 more excitement and drew larger crowds than 



