The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-01-19
SHE TRAINS HORSES.
AN ENGLISH WOMAN WHO HAS
REARED A FAMILY OF JOCKEYS.

Youngsters In Life.
England isn't without her well known
bona fide raciNg women, and she has the
only woman trainer in theworld She's the
last woman in the world loud suspect Of
having u laundering after horses, to look at
her She is Mrs. Chaloner, of Newmarket,
and in the racing world there isn't better
known name than Chals9r-no, not even
the name OF Falmouth among the swells or
Dawson among the professionals.
She comes OF racing stock, and she was
born into and raised In the rscing world.
She is Yorkshire woman, and rs matter
of course had an innate love for and under
standing of the horse. Her father was old
John Osborne, an old and we'll known train.
er of Brecongin. in Yorkshire, and she
learned horses rs she learned English. Her
brother is Johnnie Osborne, the oldest ENG
lish jockey able to ride.
II was II good sized family her father had,
and he entertained no fine notions about
giving his girls and boys advantages he
hadn't enjoyed He brought them up In
good. sturdy, honest fashion. He had u
long string of horses, and they needed a
plenty of lads to look after them, but in
the Brecongin establishment there wasn't
an army of careless servants TO carry on the
household aud waste the masters sub
stance The daughters did the work, as do
our sturdy farmers daughters at home,
and old John Osborne prospered with his
frugalty and honesty and left them well
provided for.
In his training stable there WAS II clever,
bright faced had, IN apt pupil in the saddle.
He thought the masters CHEEKY daughter,
who was such IA keen judge of n horse,
would make II coed wife for II ieckey-aud
she thought SO too His name WAS Tom
Chaloner and IL rare good jockey he was In
his time, which was the time of Fordham
and Archer He was almost the only one
that Fordham's Kidding" did not disturb
and who could beat him at his own game
A flock of young Chalouers who have all
turned out trainers or jockeys. gathered
round their hcarthstone in the pretty flower
declled cottage in Yorkshire, but AZ, all good
racing people 20 to Newmarket, just ns all
good children 20 to heaven, the Chaloners
joined the Newmarket colony also There
Tom Chaloner died, leaving Mrs Chaloner
with houseful of children and none too
much wealth
She made Il trainer ont of one boy--her
eldest son, Tom-who is married now, has
training establishment of his own Il lie.
sirtble set Of patrons and a coy home in
Newmarket. She made II trainer and jockey
out of another, who is in South Africa now,
aud she made jockeys out of the younger
ones. Who are indeed the chief lishtweghts
now They are George, one of the leading
young Jockeys, Dick, II niueteen.year-oll
lad, u strong rider and still an apprentice
to his mother. and two little lightNeights,
Phil and Harry, who have sported silk and
! promise to turn out well
1 i 1 -
good Jockeys Installing in their minds the
wholesome precepts of her father and
brother, giving them many point about
: riding race, getting them before the pub
lie by giving them mounts on her own
horses, giving them fair, useful educaiious
and making them good, honest, well man
ncrtd self respecting lad, by her sensible
cheerful hone influence.
Thus you see her turning trainer is thu
j natural result Of her life and associations
: 1t isn't fad with her She is regularly
= licensed by the Jockey club and has
string OF horses in trimming for herself ant
several pau ouS
She has Il training establishments in New
/, market that compares iavGrHhly with tht
establishments o. some famous trainers
, Her house, Osborne house, is II biz roomy
l comfortable house. hooking ont on u traiu
inn ground and the bury hills. Hprstahlc
/ connected with it are OF the approved New
market style, with the stable yard and every
thinp about them rs neat us II pin.
sihc is IL goud horsewoman and goes ~
, on the heath On hcr pony every moruiog T.
. work her horses Just like her professions,
Z, brothers. She puts her charges through
j their Walking, uutUiiig aud ctntcriug. sh
: knows whea 10 give thtiiI fs,,i work, whel
= 10 try the;t, u;pi She knows pretty well VIVA
! they can do aitrr Size tiles thuHl, Sis, come
= nj VIII. item =, %, TINT they are proppr
done up and her small hHnd can discover IL
much ~ uny other trainers when she rua
il down II bursts Lex
She is u w0Mguly woman besides an
:" thGrOuI hiy domestic, and the fact hat sh
II can set II butch Of bread to r;tise and the
F.. re oiit Uud train her hurscs doesn't detral
:. from the success Of either undertaking
:. She is known and respected and liked h
:. MI ilIr English racing folk Iii her quiet
i tHIl-~inlin8 cG-tt.Hes, with hei. CHEEKY, sit
y ugrr, unaffected t,iafincr-, she i. seen
ne;.rly every Hcrt!ng during tie r;tcitit syi
son She is ont early every morning to "
tie horses nj work. even when she hHsn
til her uwn oat and WHEN The races are o
Il sgrud- most Of hef time II. the paddoe
IS booking over the heises chatting with I'll
racing people, seeing that her boys get
:. iaf "ul ut the riding and seuding an oec:
i sionai Snail commission into tie ring
- She is Il keen judge of u horse. she keei
her-rlf posted on the form OF those riti
Is mag, nn.i her own eye can tell her goG
~ deal about tArir coalition, 30 that mnn
= and BltHy a irrqaen'er Of the paddoc
q c0,Ec'' To her for her opinion about II horse
c!tunro III Il race Just ms he would 40 To
masculine trainer She bets carefully al
cautiously herself. rarely ri~kiug mOrcthH
l., u I.numd, and the h!tlance is iisuAiy on Il
ricllI SHE With her lteie's very Iittiri
abpW let betting II She like, :, horse i
wil! saN to sotur one willil'g TO do her Il
ia syrviur "I1Ht u sovereign lor trn shilliu;
al or l.yc >ldiilugs, as the case may be- On >
ard stu Ia wiz. ~ or fer place, md no more
II sal anGtst il ill they settle by irller
II IN lie sale l.,,ilorks She is always in d
IN ntud More than one huyer will come
hrt and ii~l. her to look at Il yrlrliIg
=, BLOOD uatr aud tell INN wh2t sh" thinks
oil It md wi5ill she thinks of il frequently Ii
a good dead Of weight in his decision aho
buying il.
III She is Il fami,i:sf with the Ems, lish stu
u hnuh Is shn L. =, nh the ur. IL uAd truuEl
Of II ta4tts f!uG ring Has reared seven Of l.
o%al "a ,i4r rteeot only iadze a horse
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