Mr. J. M. Richardson's Writings Collated 



I have heard steeplechasing described before now by its 

 detractors as a hybrid sort of sport, neither flesh, fowl, nor 

 good red herring ; but, call it what they may, there is no 

 getting away from the fact that, as a means of bringing out 

 those qualities our countrymen are supposed to possess in an 

 eminent degree and which have so often excited the admira- 

 tion — not to say envy — of the civilized world, it would be hard 

 to find its equal. 



If a perusal of the brave deeds in the saddle recorded here 

 should have the effect of giving an impetus to a sport in which 

 formerly all the flower of our chivalry — from the Merry 

 Monarch downwards — thought it an honour to engage, then 

 this book will not have been written in vain. 



Speaking for self and partner, I cannot conclude without 

 expressing our sincere thanks to H.S.H. Prince Charles 

 Kinsky, the Earl of Minto, Colonel H. Browns, and Messrs. 

 Reginald Herbert, Harry Rouse, Willoughby Maycock, and 

 many other relatives and friends of the riders, for their 

 invaluable assistance rendered from time to time, without which 

 ours would have been a much more arduous task than has 

 proved to be the case. 



(Signed) J. Maunsell Richardson. 



ETON AND HARROW 



A FEW RECOLLECTIONS 



By JOHN MAUNSELL RICHARDSON 



{Reproduced by -permission of the proprietors of" The Daily Telegraph ") 



In the early 'sixties, from which period dates my acquaint- 

 ance with the great public school match, first of all in the 

 capacity of a passive resister in the Dark Blue interests, and 

 subsequently as a member of the Harrow Eleven, Lord's 



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