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it to be in his opinion admirable, and the result justified 

 his estimate so far as he was concerned. Captain 

 Arthur Smith and Mr. Brockton were great men at 

 this time, and Mr. W. Hope Johnstone is notable as 

 having held his own without loss of skill or nerve for 

 a good thirty years. He is still seen in the saddle, 

 though he was riding against men who have long been 

 forgotten. Mr. E. P. Wilson, a "qualified rider," 

 which is not quite the same as an amateur pure and 

 simple, won innumerable races, including the Grand 

 National on Roquefort ; and a name which occurs in 

 the seventies, not seldom with a " i " after it, is that 

 of Lord Marcus Beresford, who is still prominent in 

 Turf matters and held the post of starter before Mr. 

 Coventry, the present occupant. Mr, Garrett Moore, 

 who won the National on Liberator, and his brother, 

 Mr. W. H. Moore, also bear notable names ; and 

 among the best riders of that period was Mr. W. B. 

 Morris, unhappily killed out hunting a few years ago. 

 The three brothers Beasley came constantly from 

 Ireland and seldom returned without taking spoil with 

 them. Captain Middleton, known so well as " Bay 

 Middleton," was another very well-known rider of this 

 day, if not quite in the first flight, and it will be re- 

 membered how he came to a melancholy end in a 

 steeplechase a few years since. Lord Melgund, who 

 rode as " Mr. Roily," was a keen rider in the seventies, 

 and devoted much of his time and energy to schooling 

 Ledburn, with whom the late Baron Rothschild had 



