144 SOLDIER AND SPORTSMAN 



It has long since been said that in the Derby 

 of 1875 Galopin alone stopped King Edward VI I. , 

 then Prince of Wales, from participating in the 

 sweets of a Blue Ribbon through more than an 

 ordinary interest with Lord Aylesford as the 

 nominator of Claremont. Again, in the Grand 

 National the following season I have good reasons 

 for saying that when Joseph Cannon victoriously 

 wore Captain Machell's colours on the highly 

 bred Regal, by Saunterer out of the Oaks heroine 

 Regalia, H.R.H. had more than a finger in the 

 result of that close and exciting contest, in which 

 Regal beat Congress by a neck. 



As the sporting world knows, Captain Machell 

 preceded the success of Regal with two other 

 victories by the aid of Disturbance and Reuguy, 

 and as an army man was naturally very proud, sub- 

 sequently to Regal, in seeing Lord Manners to the 

 fore on the Bedford Cottage trained Seaman when 

 the Guardsman just pipped that excellent amateur, 

 Mr Tommy Beasley, a head on Cyrus. Through- 

 out the Captain's great career there is plenty of 

 evidence of his displaying quite as much keenness 

 in steeplechasing as he showed in connection with 

 the more important branch of our national pastime. 



Unfortunately, he never had the good fortune to 

 see his own colours to the fore in any of our classic 

 events, although the results of such races testify to 



