GREEN; YELLOW SLEEVES, BELT, AND CAP 



nently in the course of the struggle — on this last 

 occasion a guest without a host, for my old friend's heart 

 was affected, and he was persuaded not to risk the 

 excitement of watching his horse run, so that his son 

 Robin, one of the early victims of the war only a few 

 weeks after he had succeeded to the title and estates, 

 entertained the party. I know how much these three 

 Liverpools, far from satiating Charlie Duff, to employ 

 the name which comes up most familiarly, increased his 

 eagerness to secure a fourth ; for he was in the habit of 

 constantly calling on me or writing, sometimes by 

 express, to consult me about animals he was more or 

 less disposed to buy in the hope of making his trio of 

 victories a quartet. 



This book is the story of two Liverpool winners the 

 property of Mr. Frank Bibby of Hardwicke Grange, 

 near Shrewsbury, one of the very few owners whose 

 names are written twice in letters of gold over the 

 chimney-piece of the County Stand at Aintree ; the 

 story of these two winners, and in particular, amongst 

 other bearers of the green, yellow sleeves, belt and cap 

 which I have taken as the title of this volume, of 

 Caubeen, an admirable specimen of the 'chaser — a 

 model Liverpool horse, unless the criticism be advanced 

 that he was rather too good-looking — deemed by most of 

 his admirers unfortunate in never having won a Liver- 

 pool also. Kirkland, to whom we shall come in due 

 course, won in 1905, Glenside in 191 1, Caubeen ran 



