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the Gold Vase in 1849, and the Swinley and Woking- 

 ham Stakes more than once. Abdale won the Royal 

 Hunt Cup and the Coronation and Wokingham Stakes ; 

 while Whitehouse was successful with the Gold Cup in 

 1844, and the Gold Vase and the Emperor's Plate in 1845. 

 Bartholomew and A. Day stand out conspicuously in this 

 period. 



James Bartholoaiew was born at Newmarket. His 

 father, who was a Yorkshireman, migrated to Kentford, 

 in the vicinity of Newmarket, at the time of his marriage, 

 and there managed an inn, which was a favourite resort 

 of jockeys so well-known as the Chifneys, Arnull, and 

 Goodison. Born in March, 1824, young Bartholomew, 

 at a very early age, was entrusted to William Ridsdale, 

 whose stables were situated at Newmarket. At Ascot 

 he won in 1842 Her Majesty's Plate on Lord Lowther's 

 Bay Middleton, and in 1845 — after a remarkable race in 

 which the well-known Sting was beaten by a head— the 

 New Stakes for Lord Lonsdale, on Joy. He rode Jericho 

 for the Cup at Ascot in 1847 ; and Trouncer for Mr. 

 Coombe ; and won the Ascot Derby in 1850 on Mr. Ford's 

 Musician. In 1855 his reputation had reached its zenith, 

 and his position among the very first jockeys of his time 

 was fully assured. The next year brought him a number 

 of im.portant engagements — the Chester Cup, the Derby, 

 the Oaks, and the Ascot Cup. The last-named race was 

 won by him on Wingfield, after a somewhat memorable 

 contest. Whilst racing in the Goodwin Stakes, in the same 

 year, his prosperous racing career was arrested by an accident 

 of so severe a character that the pursuit, save for a short 

 season, of his professional engagements became impossible. 



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