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called him from the racecourse, and another was Mr. 

 J. C. Dormer, who headed the list of gentlemen riders 

 one year, and was frequently close up until an accident 

 at Sandown, which led to the loss of an eye, obliged 

 him to retire ; the Hon, Reginald Ward is at present 

 a successful exponent of Sutton training, as is Mr. 

 Algernon Lawson. It is impossible to give anything 

 like an exhaustive list of the best orentlemen riders of 

 the day. If Mr. Lushington is not specially included, 

 it is because his efforts are confined to the flat. Amono- 

 the best professional riders now in practice Arthur 

 Nightingall is prominent, one of three brothers, sons 

 of a jockey father, who have won innumerable races, 

 frequently on horses trained at Epsom. Robert is 

 frequently found in opposition to his elder brother, 

 though William has given up riding and turned his 

 attention exclusively to training. Danebury steeple- 

 chase horses were for a long time specially dan- 

 gerous, and this was in no small measure owing to 

 the skill with which they were schooled and ridden 

 by George Mawson, who won the Grand National 

 on Playfair. Mawson was by no means an ideal 

 horseman in appearance, being short and stumpy, 

 but he was an excellent rider notwithstanding, and 

 appearances in this respect are no doubt frequently 

 deceptive — Jem Adams being another example of 

 this fact. At Lewes, Escott trains with fine judg- 

 ment, and rides with a full proportion of success. 

 For many years Sensier did most notable service for 



