240 SOLDIER AND SPORTSMAN 



Brabazon beincr the oldest winning owner of the 

 Gold Cup with King Arthur, ridden by Col. Knox, 

 who, like Major W. H. Johnstone and Major Hughes 

 Onslow, stand out with three wins each as its record 

 riders. This trio of celebrities is now of the 

 Great Beyond. Colonel Harford, who rode King 

 Arthur when he was favourite for the Grand 

 National, is not the oldest living officer to have 

 a mount in the Gold Cup ; that distinction is 

 possessed by Major Tempest. In 1861, when 

 the chase was decided at Cheltenham, Major 

 Tempest had only the Hon. F. G. Ellis on Innis- 

 killing to stop the way. Major Tempest was un- 

 lucky with his Grand Military, and more so with 

 his Grand National mounts, but if he missed 

 both these, there was some compensation in his 

 just defeating Mr Arthur Yates on Cardigan in 

 the National Hunt on Pickles at Bristol. 



In conclusion it may be added that the late 

 Major Roddy Owen is the only military rider to 

 be credited with a victory in the Liverpool, the 

 National Hunt and Grand Military Gold Cup. 

 That eallant rider was on the back of Father 

 O'Flynn when he won the Liverpool in 1892, the 

 Grand Military fell to his share on St Cross in 

 1889, and he won the National Hunt of 1887 for 

 Colonel Meysey-Thompson on Monkshood, 



Appended is a full list of Gold Cup winners : 



