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a very ready tongue, and was the reputed author of a number of quaint sayings. 

 On one occasion he was confined in Oxford Gaol for debt, and, on a friend 

 asking him if there was anything he would like, made answer, " Yes, send me 

 a d d good wall-jumper." At another time, when some one was complaining 

 of having ridden an unpleasant horse, Tom Olliver replied, " Ah ! you won't know 

 what real misery on horseback is, till you ride a hard-bucking, ewe-necked horse, 

 downhill, in a snaffle bridle, with a fly in your eye, and one foot out of the stirrup." 

 The third of this trio of brilliant horsemen, Mr. Alan McDonough, was an 

 Irishman, born in 1804, who died at his house in Dublin in 1888. He first 

 became known as a cross-country rider in Ireland in 1830, where his fine horse- 

 manship soon attracted attention. He won, among other races, the Ormond Hunt 

 Cup four years in succession, and came over to England about 1835. When he 

 first began to ride over here, neither Irish steeplechasers nor Irish riders were very 

 common, so Alan McDonough 's successes gave rise to a great deal of jealousy, 

 which led to unpleasant results sometimes. McDonough rode a great number 

 of races on both sides of St. George's Channel, but he was most closely associated 

 with Mr. Preston's wonderful mare Bmnette, mentioned later on in connection 

 with Liverpool. 



The Leamington Steeplechase of 1838 was perhaps one of the earliest instances 

 of a gate-money meeting, as from two to five shillings were charged for vehicles, 

 and one shilling for horsemen. 



The Leamington Hunt Steeplechase of 1847 is noteworthy because it was the 

 occasion of The Chandler making his historic jump at the brook. The short history 

 of the leap is that, early in the race, The Chandler's chance was nearly extinguished, 

 as Captain Broadley, who rode the horse, nearly fell off owing to one of his feet 

 striking a strong binder as he was jumping a fence. At an artificial fence, Regalia, 

 a very shifty mare, refused ; but jumped it at the second attempt, and then raced on 

 in pursuit of King of the Valley, who was leading. The brook was the next fence ; 

 and Captain Broadley, thinking that Regalia would get in the way of some one, did 

 his best to pull The Chandler back. The leaders raced at the water and went in. 

 Captain Broadley could then neither stop nor turn The Chandler, so he rode him 

 as hard as he could, and the old horse, making a mighty effort, handsomely cleared 

 the two men and horses in the water, landed far on the opposite side, and, as others 

 tumbled down, won easily at his leisure. Captain Peel, William Archer, and 

 several others were standing on the landing side ; and, noticing how The Chandler 



