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for Lord Ailesbury, on St. Albans, winning in 1861 the 

 Ascot Triennial Stakes on the same horse. Commencing 

 at 4 St. and getting up to 7 st. 10 lb., it would be difficult 

 to identify Luke Snowden with any particular stable ; for, 

 like his contemporary, Fordham, and his predecessor, Nat, 

 everybody was glad to have him when his services were 

 at liberty. Although he died in the twenty-second year of 

 his age, he had already reached the foremost ranks of his 

 profession, and was generally regarded as a thoroughly 

 honest jockey of the highest talent. His death occurred on 

 January 13th, 1862. 



Ralph Bullock was a native of Morpeth, where he was 

 born in 184 1. Soon after having reached his tenth year 

 he was apprenticed to Mr. Dawson, of Tupgill. He rode 

 his first race at Harrogate in 1853 at 4 st. 12 lb. At the 

 close of the next season little Bullock won a stake at Kelso, 

 for Admiral Harcourt, on Ellermire ; and in 1856 was in 

 great favour as a clever light weight. He won the Stewards' 

 Cup at Chester in 1859. His winning races for 1861 included 

 two dead heats, one of which was very memorable. This 

 was at Doncaster for the Cup, when, on Kettledrum, the 

 winner of the Derby, he finished head to head with Midgley, 

 on Brown Duchess, the Oaks winner of the same season. 

 For years a favourite in the north, Bullock had become 

 better known southwards during the last season of his career 

 on Tim Whiffier, a horse with which he won the Ascot Vase 

 and the Goodwood and Doncaster Cups. Bullock had 

 reached the top of his profession when he was attacked with 

 erysipelas of so malignant a character that it ended fatally 

 on January 23rd, 1863. With great power and fine temper 

 Bullock was a rider of unusual dash and grace, and possessed 



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