Thank you Chris. I am amazed. The most interesting to my case is the reference to the Stockbridge Race Course which straddled the Wallop-Longstock boundary. This refers to John Day as the trainer for Lord George Bentick. He can be found in the 1881 as a "Trainer Of Race Horses" living at Danbury. His son-in-law Tom, which the report also mentions, can be found in Houghton as a "Jockey Owner Of Racehorses 8". It was interesting that Tom was the g.grandfather of Lester Piggott . Nether Wallop,Danbury and Stockbridge are within a 3 mile radius of Houghton. The Stockbridge course closed in 1898, but my people were still in business.. Thank you again O source of Wisdom David

Glad to help David Like a little flutter on the GG's occassionally Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Parker" <parker3250@rogers.com> To: "HampshireLife List" <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 12:14 AM Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Horse Racing Thank you Chris. I am amazed. The most interesting to my case is the reference to the Stockbridge Race Course which straddled the Wallop-Longstock boundary. This refers to John Day as the trainer for Lord George Bentick. He can be found in the 1881 as a "Trainer Of Race Horses" living at Danbury. His son-in-law Tom, which the report also mentions, can be found in Houghton as a "Jockey Owner Of Racehorses 8". It was interesting that Tom was the g.grandfather of Lester Piggott . Nether Wallop,Danbury and Stockbridge are within a 3 mile radius of Houghton. The Stockbridge course closed in 1898, but my people were still in business.. Thank you again O source of Wisdom David

some of my ancestors worked at racing stables, they moved around quite a bit from Appleshaw to Fullerton, Fyfield and Weyhill. At one time my grandfather was a jockey. Their surname was Miles, but this was the late 1800 early 1900's ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris & Caroline" <crhayles@btinternet.com> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 1:43 PM Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Horse Racing > Glad to help David > Like a little flutter on the GG's occassionally > Chris > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Parker" <parker3250@rogers.com> > To: "HampshireLife List" <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 12:14 AM > Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Horse Racing > > > Thank you Chris. I am amazed. > > The most interesting to my case is the reference to the Stockbridge > Race Course which straddled the Wallop-Longstock boundary. This refers to > John Day as the trainer for Lord George Bentick. He can be found in the > 1881 > as a "Trainer Of Race Horses" living at Danbury. His son-in-law Tom, which > the report also mentions, can be found in Houghton as a "Jockey Owner Of > Racehorses 8". It was interesting that Tom was the g.grandfather of > Lester > Piggott . Nether Wallop,Danbury and Stockbridge are within a 3 mile > radius > of Houghton. The Stockbridge course closed in 1898, but my people were > still > in business.. > > Thank you again O source of Wisdom > > David > > *************************************** > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list > members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything > which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the > footers which will be put back anyway!) > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message