CHAPTER IV 



CONCERNING JUMPERS 



I BOUGHT Ringlet for Mr. Fenwick from Captain 

 Machell. She was lame in the back, but I killed 

 The Duke one of my sheep and put the hot skin 

 °^^ndTr' on her back and got her sound. She 

 Noel Fenwick ^on the big Derby steeplechase twice, 

 autumn and spring, ridden by Arthur Nightingall. 

 Then I sold her well, and heard nothing of her 

 afterwards. 



Mr. Noel Fenwick bought Tissaphernes for £800, 

 to put to jumping, and the first time he was put at 

 a hurdle he stopped dead and seized the top bar 

 with his teeth. That day I was riding a very smart 

 hunter that could jump and gallop, and I rode the 

 near side of this horse, and another horse was on 

 the other side. I told the boys to race as hard 

 as they possibly could at a hurdle, and by whip- 

 ping him myself as we went along, we all charged 

 the hurdle together, and got him over. Captain 

 Roddy Owen rode him in one hurdle race, but I 

 could soon see from his proppy style that jumping 



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