MA TOR RICARDO WINS ON " GENERAL BANKS 



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what a wonder he is. Yes, Mr. Avila, you never made a greater mistake 

 when you missed him. 



" Catapult," romping home — pulling, 111 trouble you — shows that 

 through dirt she has no rival. Mr. Arkwright's second win on her was 

 a very popular event. Have you ever noticed how " Catapult " is built ? 

 If not, have a look at her. Mark her wide chest, extraordinary deep girth, 

 short back, and muscular quarters, and get hold of one like her if you can. 

 Through deep plough she gallops with as much ease as most horses can 

 go on the grass. Had the going been light, she couldn't have gone the 

 pace — and some other horse would have won. They tell me — I was not 

 there — that the ditches were enormous, and that the fences were of the 

 most blood-curdling description— real rough, straggling old places that 

 you could neither see over nor through. ^lajor Ricardo on that grand 

 horse, " General Banks," won a well-deserved victory in the heavyweight. 

 He has had a good many flutters, and gone very near the mark more than 

 once, so at last perseverance and pluck have been crowned with success. 

 'Sly heartiest and best congratulations to you. Major ! 



Major Ricardo and "General Banks" 



"General Banks," a grey gelding- by " Baron Farnley," is a 

 good specimen of a weight-carrying hunter with a good turn of 

 speed. In 1893 ^^ ^^'^n the heavy weight Divisional Point to 



