In Search of Running Rein by Tony Byles

Author:Tony Byles
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: derby, horse racing, 1780, 80s, racing, 1844, allegations, false age declarations, devious ownership transferrals, nobbling, jockey, winner. running rein, Abraham Levi Goodman, betting
ISBN: 9781907792939
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited 2011
Published: 2011-04-07T00:00:00+00:00

I hereby solemnly declare that I cut the under jaw from Leander in the presence of several persons, not at the request of Mr. Forth, but thinking, as the horse lay, it was the youngest mouth I had ever seen. I thought it would be a satisfaction to Mr. Forth to show his friends.

Jas. Mitchell

Worthing, 28th May, 1844.

Bearing in mind the controversy surrounding Leander and a further accusation that Mr Forth meant to refuse to pay his bets on Leander – an accusation that he most profusely denied had the slightest foundation, claiming that he would cheerfully pay every bet he lost – Mr Forth deemed it judicious to send a lengthy missive to the editors of the morning papers, comprehensively detailing the history of Leander, from the time the Litchwalds had sent him to Michel Grove, until Mr Wood had apparently confirmed him to be three years old.

The epistle according to Mr Forth continued:

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