INDEX 



Adams, ]em : what he thought of 

 Satyr, 86, 87 



Adventurer : sired Pretender in 

 first season, 1 37 



Agnes : bought as foal by John 

 Osborne, senr., 246 ; dam of 

 Miss Agnes (g.d. of Lily 

 Agnes), 246 



Alexander, Francis : joined Kings- 

 clere Stable — won two Liver- 

 pool Cups with Son of a Gun, 

 371 } owner of Throwaway, 

 429 ; Andover, 437 j left 

 Kingsclere, 437 



Alington, Lord : early racing career, 

 210 J success as a breeder, 

 210, 211 ; betting proclivities, 

 210 ; appreciation of manage- 

 ment of Common, 327 



Alington, Lord and Sir Frederick 

 Johnstone (" The Old Firm ") : 

 Eastley and Royal Hunt Cup, 

 88 } Brigantine (winner of 

 Oaks and Ascot Cup), 128 ; 

 joined Kingsclere Stable, 196, 

 202 5 lease of Geheimniss, 199 j 

 St. Blaise, 202, 2n ; Common, 

 321 ; Throstle and Matchbox 

 sent to Kingsclere, 359 



Allison, William : Collar at Cob- 

 ham, 380 



Andover : 2-y.-o. form — left 

 Kingsclere and later won 

 Royal Hunt Cup, 437 



Andre, Monsieur : buyer of Blue 

 Gown, 128 



Angelica (sister to St. Simon and 

 dam of Orme) : purchase as 



yearling by Mr. Taylor Sharpc, 

 3335 bought by D. of West- 

 minster, 333 

 Anglesey, Lord : a Findon patron, 



Annesley, Lord : Bedminster, 68- 

 71 ; Sir J. Hawley's pointed 

 question about scenery, 70 



Annette : bought with her foal, 

 Agnes, by John Osborne, senr., 

 246 



Anson, General : sells Scythian, 25 



Arapeile (Salamanca filly and sister 

 to Pero Gomez) : yj^ 78 ; up 

 against Achievement, 78 j dam 

 of Concha, maternal grandsire 

 of Cover tcoat, 78 j went to 

 Australia, 78 



Archer, Fred : style of riding, 54, 

 267 ; keenness to ride Geheim- 

 niss in St. Leger, 207 ; Galliard, 

 Lord Falmouth and the Derby, 

 214, 215 ; beaten on St. 

 Blaise in Grand Prix, 2155 

 riding of Paradox in the 

 2000 Gs., 233 ; why he 

 rode Melton in Derby, and 

 how he got Paradox beaten, 

 ^3S-^37i Saraband in 2000 

 Gs., 257 ; Ormonde in the 

 Derby, 260 ; last mount on 

 Ormonde, 266 ; death, 266 } 

 character and ability, 267 



Argonaut : winner of City and 

 Suburban, 69, 73 ; tried Bed- 

 minster, 69 



Ascot Cup : Blue Gown's win, 126} 

 defeated next year, 128 ; 



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