DOUGLAS GROSSMAN ON " SWEETMEAT 



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too dry for hunting, and the lack of Bailey's assistance made matters 

 worse. 



By "Jannock," out of "Candy" ; " Candy," by " Candidate" 

 by "Gladiateur." This brilliant, well-bred hunter, more at home 

 in the flying than the banking- part of the Essex country, gave 

 Mr. Crossman his first fall at a Blackmore meet the very day 

 that he was photographed. " Sweetmeat " always carried 

 Mr. Crossman in the very first flight with as much ease as his 



Douglas Crossman on "Sweetmeat" 



wife's beautiful black mare " Ruth," whose portrait is given on 

 the opposite page, carries her graceful owner to the front. 

 Mrs. Crossman commenced riding " Ruth " as a four-year-old 

 when she was living in the Meynell country, where the mare 

 gained a great reputation, and was considered by some good 

 judges to be one of the best hunters in the Midlands. Mrs. 

 Crossman refused ^200 for her as a five-year-old. The mount 



II The opening meet in November at Matching Green had to be postponed owing to the 

 dry state of the ground. — Ed. 



