232 SOLDIER AND SPORTSMAN 



attained without grief. Allusion here is made to 

 Satellite at Melton, where he won after a fall and 

 a desperate race, finishing on a broken saddle. 



The various vicissitudes of the National Hunt 

 are fully mentioned in the appended table, but all 

 these changes have long since appeared a thing 

 of the past. The Grand Military permanently 

 pitched their camp at Sandown in 1 887 ; the National 

 Hunt Committee since 191 1 have become more 

 than wedded to Cheltenham. 



The National Hunt Steeplchase no. of 



Starters 



i860 Market-Harborough — Mr B. J. Angell's b, g. by 

 Smallhopes, aged, dam by Charley Boy out of 

 Sovereign Lady, 12 st. (Mr E. C. Burton.) . 31 



1861 Market-Harborough — Mr B, J. Angell's Queens- 



ferry, pedigree unknown, 5 yis., 12 st. (Mr E. C. 

 Burton.) . . . . . • i? 



1862 Rugby — Mr FitzOldaker's br. m. Fidget by Prize- 



fighter, aged, 12 St. 7 lb. (Mr J. Skipworth.) . 10 



1863 Market-Harborough — Hon. F. (afterwards Lord) Cal- 



thorpe's ch. g. Socks by Connaught Ranger, aged, 



12 St. 10 lb. (Mr A. Goodman.) . . .5 



1864 Melton — Mr T. Behren's ch. h. Game Chicken, pedi- 



gree unknown, aged, 12 st. 7 lb. (Capt. A. Smith.) 28 



1865 Wetherby— Mr H. (now Lord) Chaplin's ch. g. 



Emperor by Orpheus, dam by Record, h. b,, aged, 



12 St. 10 lb. (Mr A. Goodman.) . . .29 



1866 Crewkerne — Mr E. Studd's b. h. Shangarry by 



Confessor, dam by Greatheart, h. b., 5 yrs., 12 st. 

 (Mr A. Goodman.) . . . -17 



1867 Bedford — Mr H. (now Lord) Chaplin's b. g. 



Emperor IH. by Cock Robin, dam by Record, 



6 yrs., 12 St. 6 lb. (Capt. H. Coventry.) . . 16 



