388 STEEPLE-CHASING. 



higher than the bank ; but he never made a serious mistake. 

 The biggest jump I ever knew of was at Plumpton when I 

 rode Homeward Bound, a httle horse only just over 15 hands. 

 On jumping on to the race course out of the country some 

 horse came down in front of Homeward Bound, who attempted 

 to clear the fallen animal, with the result that his legs were 

 kicked away from under him and he too fell. Homeward 

 Bound was " knocked out " and could not rise. I picked my- 

 self up, however, and measured the distance from the fence to 

 where the horse had fallen — a careful measurement not including 

 the ground over which he had slipped after the fall. It was 

 thirty-three feet ; but allowing for the thickness of the fence, 

 three feet, and putting the distance he must have stood back, 

 in order to clear the height of the jump, at six feet, he must have 

 covered at least forty-two feet in all. I ascertained what it 

 was that brought the horse down from Robert I 'Anson, the 

 starter, who with others stood by the fence.' 



Mr. W. H. Moore, younger brother of Mr. Garrett 

 Moore who won the Grand National of 1879 ^''^ Liberator, is 

 another whose skill and success demand recognition. Mr. 

 Moore is now the presiding genius of a stable near Winchester. 

 Among younger riders, if diligence and enthusiasm can com- 

 mand success, Lord Molyneux should surely succeed, for he 

 is constantly busy on racecourses in all directions, as well as 

 ' riding work ' at Newmarket, Alresford, and elsewhere. He 

 shows much skill. ' Mr. Yorke ' — there can surely be no harm 

 now in saying that this name was assumed by Lord Royston 

 — who won the National Hunt Steeple-chase on Royal Buck 

 in 1892, promised well, but seems to have given up riding. 



Of professional riders James Adams is a remarkable example 

 of a skilful horseman who retained his power and nerve after 

 the most active service for nearly thirty years. Li 1857 he wen 

 the Somersetshire Stakes on Cedric, and in 1859 the City and 

 Suburban on Glen Buck ; the Northampton stakes on Bevis, 

 and the Queen's Vase at Ascot on Schism, were some of the 



