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married Victoria, Countess of Yarborough, 

 and has hunted periodically, and been 

 alternately field-master of, the Brocklesby 

 hounds ever since. 



Old Mr. Alec Goodman was likewise 

 one of the foremost gentlemen riders of 

 his day, and is now quite an old man. I 

 saw him going wonderfully well to hounds, 

 though, only a few years ago. He won 

 three Grand Nationals, on Salamander, 

 Miss Mowbray, and Alcibiade, I think, 

 without reference. He invariably made 

 the running, and rode twenty-eight times 

 over the Liverpool Grand National course 

 without a fall — a truly marvellous and 

 unique performance, and a contrast in 

 horsemanship to some examples here, 

 where you can see five-and-twenty falls in 

 five-and-twenty minutes any hunting 

 morning from Walton Thorns or Holwell 

 Mouth. I know three generations of Alec 



