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subsequent occasion, but that here he was knocked 

 down. Colonel W. Hall- Walker's lightly weighted 

 The Soarer, ridden by the present General D. G. M, 

 Campbell, won by a length and a half from Father 

 O'Flynn, and I am tempted by vanity which I hope 

 may be held excusable to say that the rider of the 

 winner, whom at the time I had never had the pleasure 

 of meeting, was good enough to write to me and tell 

 me that in no small measure he attributed his success 

 to the advice I had given in the chapter I had written 

 on the subject in the " Steeplechasing Volume" of the 

 Badminton Library, published in 1884. Next year 

 Manifesto won, beating three horses in whom I was 

 particularly interested, as they were ridden by friends 

 of mine, Charlie Beatty second on Filbert, Fred With- 

 ington only a head behind on Ford of Fyne, Gwyn 

 Saunders-Davies fourth on Prince Albert. These three 

 with the same riders started next season, but were not 

 conspicuous behind Drogheda. Ford of Fyne was 

 favourite and finished sixth. The race was run in a 

 blinding snowstorm, which may have affected the result, 

 indeed Reggie Ward, who was prominent and popular 

 at the time, always believed that in more favourable 

 circumstances he would have won on Cathal, who was 

 beaten three lengfths. Another who had threatened 

 danger was a constant Liverpool runner named Barcal- 

 whey, but he came to grief, and drew forth a lament 

 from his rider, R. Chaloner, that he had earned a fiver 



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