iqS leaves from a hunting diary 



line l)()kl rciiccr. was Mr. Colvin's " Knight Templar," on which 

 Mr. Tweed won the Hunt Plate at Colchester in 1891, and 

 the Hunt Cup at the East Tlssex Meeting at Galleywood in 

 the same vear. 1 Jarring-, however, his old friend, Lord Alfred, 

 Mr. Tweed thinks ihat Mr. (i. Vane Milbank's "Jackdaw" 

 was the best fencer and oamest horse he ever rode in a 

 steeplechase. In 1S94 he won the Essex and Suffolk Hunt 

 Plate at Colchester on him and the P^ast Essex Plate at 

 Galleywood. 



Mr. Tweed's expcM-iences, however, are not confined to 

 Essex : he is not likely to forget the natural fences he 

 had to tackle o\er the Totnes course in Devonshire, when, 

 in addition to the huge stone-faced banks peculiar to that 

 country, the river Dart had to be forded twice, not to mention 

 travelling over 300 yards of high road. It was in September, 

 1891, when riding Mr. H. C. Collier's "Rose of Devon'' 

 over this course, Mr. Tweed missed the ford and fell into a 

 hole in the river. By the time he had scrambled out the 

 leading horse had secured a quarter of a mile start. Bustling 

 along to catch him, Mr. Tweed fell again at the ditch on the 

 hill. h^)rtunately there was still a mile-and-a-half to go ; so 

 losing no time, he again went in pursuit, and gradually 

 wearing the leader down, won in a canter. A good per- 

 formanc(^ indeed, two falls and a win. 



We now come to a few of Mr. Tweed's steeplechasers 

 which have carried him well to hounds, and with the exception 

 of "St. Devereux," which his brother rode, have been ridden 

 by him in all their races. 



Starting with "Lord Alfred." whose portrait, with Richard 

 Driscoll, trainer to Mr. C. W. Waller, at Royston, Cambs, is 

 herewith given, we have to chronicle a succession of brilliant 

 victories. This game horse, a chestnut gelding, stood 17 

 hands ; he was bred in Ireland in 1882 by "Aeronaut" out of 

 "Barbara" by "Bar One" — a mare noted for foaling good 

 jumpers, as she was the dam also of " F'atherland," "Golden 

 Dream " and "(iolden Ring." 



" Lord Alfred's " performances while in Mr. Tweed's posses- 

 sion were the following : 



November ^th, 1891, won Hunters' Selling Steeplechase 

 of ^25 at Galleywood, beating a field of 8. Distance 2 J miles, 

 weight 12 stone 7 lbs. 



April \%tli, 1892, won the United Hunt Steeplechase 

 Plate at Colchester of ^25. Distance 3 miles, weight 

 12 stone 10 lbs. 



