FAMOUS GENERALS & HORSEMANSHIP 71 



Lord Kitchener, indeed, was not an outdoor 

 sportsman, as billiards was his chief recreation. 

 Sir George Arthur says he cared nothino' for racin^y 

 but a great deal for horses, though he could not 

 ride them. He was well aware of this, as were 

 those of his friends who stood round him when he 

 paid a visit to Elkington in Waterloo Place to 

 inspect the model the artist had made for the 

 proposed Calcutta memorial. When uncovered, 

 the model certainly appeared a pretty piece of 

 work. It showed the Field-Marshal on a horse 

 prancing on his hind legs, with his hocks low to the 

 ground ; his neck and head were well arched and 

 his front legs pawed the air. On looking at the 

 model for a second, the Field-Marshal said : " No, 

 no ! Not on a horse like that ! " He at once re- 

 ferred to the well-known painting by Lady Butler 

 of the officer comingr down the line in The Roll 

 Call. He added : " I want to be put on a quiet 

 horse like Democrat, the one I rode as a charger in 

 India." 



The model of the statue was then reconstructed 

 and a portrait of Democrat obtained from Clarence 

 Hailey of Newmarket. 



Democrat was a great two-year-old. He was a 

 good performer on our race-courses, winning for 

 Lord William Beresford eleven races, includino- 

 the Ascot Coventry Stakes, Hurst Park Foal 



