Mr. J. M. Richardson's Writings Collated 



" Tip " Herbert, Alec Goodman, Arthur Yates, Lord Melgund 

 (Mr. "Roily"), Lord Marcus Beresford, " Wenty " Hope 

 Johnstone, " Driver " Browne, the Beasleys, Greville Nugent 

 (the " Limb "), Lee Barber (the " Shaver "), " Garry " Moore, 

 Jerry Dalglish, Billy Baldwin (the Lion), Colonel Rivers- 

 Bulkeley, Peter Crawshaw, Lord Willoughby de Broke, Tommy 

 Lushington, E. P. Wilson, Lord Oueensberry, Bay Middleton, 

 Count Kinsky, "Buck" Barclay, and later "Roddy" Owen, 

 Charlie Cunningham, George Lambton, Johnnie Dormer, 

 Saunders Davies, Sir Cuthbert Slade, Bobby Fisher (Colonel 

 Fisher-Childe), Reggie Ward, Colonel Yardley, General Burn 

 Murdoch, Wilfred Ricardo, Captain Bewicke, Colonel Willie 

 Lawson, Major Hughes Onslow, Captain Paynter, and George 

 Thursby ; and among the professionals : George Holman, Joe 

 Cannon, John Page (the best and fairest I ever rode against), 

 James Jewitt, Robert I' Anson, Jack Goodwin, George William- 

 son ; and when you come to compare their mode with that of 

 the present so-called "up-to-date" style, which, in my opinion, 

 is more suitable for a circus than a steeplechase course, it 

 hardly bears thinking about. 



The question has frequently been put to me who I consider 

 the best amateur horseman of those riding at the same time as 

 myself, and my reply, given without hesitation, has invariably 

 been " George Ede," who, to my mind, had no superior in the 

 saddle. 



Nerve, knowledge of pace, and perfection of seat and hands 

 — all were his to an eminent degree. He was as good, too, on 

 the flat as over a country, which is not always the case, and 

 there is no doubt that he would have ridden a great many more 

 races of the last-named description than he did but for his 

 great love of cricket, to which he devoted himself exclusively 



during: the summer months. 



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