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a good jockey on the flat. He won the Liverpool 

 Grand National on ' Alcibiade ' in 1865, and the 

 National Hunt Steeplechase on 'Emperor HI.' at 

 Bedford in 1867, the latter over a very big course 

 indeed. One of his best hunters — he had a great 

 many good ones — was a horse called ' Patch,' a very 

 good-looking brown, who ran 'Pathfinder' to a 

 length in the Leicestershire Hunt Steeplechase at 

 the Melton meeting, run over the Burrough Hill 

 course. It was a tremendous race, Mr. Thomas 

 riding ' Pathfinder,' and Captain Smith ' Patch.' 

 They jumped the last fence abreast, and struggled 

 home locked together until within fifty yards of the 

 winning-post, when ' Pathfinder ' j ust won. Next year 

 he carried off the Liverpool Grand National, so it 

 was no disgrace for an ordinary hunter to be beaten 

 a length by him. ' Patch ' was a tremendous horse 

 to kick, and I recollect seeing Lord Esme Gordon, 

 who bought the horse at Captain Coventry's sale, 

 riding him at the Peterborough Show. He was very 

 fresh, and directly his lordship mounted he started 

 to kick violently, and sent him between his ears. 

 There Lord Esme stuck, expecting more, but the 

 old horse, thinking he had done enough, stood per- 

 fectly still. I shall never forget Frank Lotan, who 

 was standing beside me, calling out whilst Lord 



