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i • I | j ; ■ « * f : I s t i t i! - , I 1 ] , I | J. THROCKMORTONS COAT BET- | | ! _ __ i j How an English Sportsman of the Old School , j Won a Good Wager. • I. i ! ■ Sir William Throckmorton, a famous English ; sportsman of the oM school, died last vear in his I ! I eighty-first year. lie was elected a member of . I the National Hunt Committee in 1888 and of the j I Jockey club in is ».-.. but ha retired from aseasber- v ship of both bodies some years ago. lie formerlv F ran a number of horses under both rules, anil jo I among his successes may be recalled tke Stew - : ; Bide Cup Of 1*77 with Herald, and Duke of York a Stakes of 1888 and "Jubilee" Handicap of 1*04 I With Avingtnn. The last-named was his best horse t and met with fair success B| the stud. I Sir William Throckmorton canie from a sporting family. Here is an account of a remarkable arager in which an ancestor of his was comer 1. It ap- ; | pears that a geatleauui made a bet f £1.000 that || he would hare a eaat made In the course of a j j single day fr the first process of ahearkea sheep U j to its completion by the tailor. The wage]- araah decided at Newbury. Berkshire. June -J,. Isll. |,v Mr. John Coxeter of Greeakaua Mills. mar that j town. At ."i oclock that awsnuag Sir Joaa Throek- i niorton. Bart., presented two Southdown welher j Sheep to Mr. Coxeter. The Sheep were shorn, the wool .spun, the yam 1 it spooled, warped. loomed anil w, ve. the cloth ; ] burred, milled, rowed, dyed, dried, sheared Bad I] pressed, and ]uir into the Hands of the tailors j, by 4 oclock that afternoon. At twenty minutes ; : v past six. the coat, entirely finished, was presented ; by Mr. Coxeter to Sir Joaa Throckmorton, who ap- N Beared wearing it before .m assemblage of o.OOO | spectators. -
