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The Captain, however, did not long remain in 

 the army. He was in the 55th Foot, and I have 

 heard it said that this early resignation was due to 

 a refusal of leave to witness a race for the St 

 Legcr. However, the subsequent knowledge he 

 gained in Ireland of racing and steeplechasing 

 added greatly to his early sporting instincts, although 

 when later he entered Newmarket with a single 

 horse called Boniface, by Claret out of Mona, that 

 he had brought with him from the Sister Isle, and 

 which won him his first race at headquarters, few 

 could have anticipated the great career that was to 

 follow. He certainly did not turn out the adventurer 

 some of his early critics anticipated at the outset. 

 His always popular white and dark blue cap 

 was as early as 1863 registered at Old Bur- 

 lington Street, and there remained until his death 

 in 1902, when the colours were transferred to 

 the name of Mr J. Mamsell Richardson, always 

 a great and favourite sportsman, who till his 

 demise never ceased to sing the praises of the 

 Captain. 



Mr Richardson was one of those undergraduates 

 at Cambridge who used to spend such pleasant 

 week-ends at Bedford Cottage, and there " The 

 Cat," as J. M. R. was so often alluded to by his 

 intimates, learned many of his finishing riding 

 touches ; in fact, in later years Mr Richardson 



