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Grand Annual, beatinor Shakespeare, ridden by Mr. 

 Crawshaw, by a head ; while George Holman on the 

 little horse Globule was no more than a head behind 

 the second. It was almost any odds at starting 

 against Mr. Ede's mount. This, it may be remem- 

 bered, was the same race he had won ten years before 

 for Ben Land on Weathercock. In the autumn of 

 1869 he rode old Benazet over the stiff Baden-Baden 

 course. 



Mr. Ede's sad end happened at Liverpool in 1870. 

 He was riding Mr. Stortford's Chippenham in the Sefton 

 Steeplechase on the Thursday of the meeting when the 

 horse struck the gorsed hurdles with great force and fell 

 heavily, throwing Mr. Ede to the ground with great 

 force, and rolling over him. Chippenham was soon up, 

 and, before any one could stop him, broke away, dragging 

 for some distance his insensible rider, whose foot was 

 fast in the stirrup. Mr. Ede sustained concussion 

 of the brain, fractured several ribs, and died on the 

 following Sunday evening without ever having regained 

 consciousness. 



Than Mr. Ede no more graceful horseman ever sat 

 in a saddle ; he looked, as some of his admirers observed, 

 as thoueh he had "grone to Newmarket for a seat" ; he 

 was gifted with fine hands and was an excellent judge 

 of pace. He hunted a good deal in Northamptonshire 

 and was an excellent rider to hounds. Between 1856 

 and 1870 Mr. Ede won 306 races. In 1863 he scored 

 1200 runs, and in conjunction with his twin brother, 

 Mr. Edward Ede, whom he resembled in height and 

 appearance, was mainly instrumental in founding the 

 Hampshire County Cricket Club. 



