Henry, Third Marquis of Waterford 



steeplechasing, which, when he first appeared upon the scene, 

 had just come into fashion, found in the Marquis one of its 

 most ardent admirers, and in 1840, the second year of its 

 existence, we find him with two representatives in the Grand 

 National, The Sea, by Whalebone, and Columbine, the former 

 of which he rode himself, Mr. Won being on the mare. 



Though from that time to the year of his death he was 

 seldom without a representative in the Liverpool, this appears 

 to have been his only mount in the race ; he distinguished 

 himself, however, on many other occasions, winning three 

 steeplechases in one afternoon once at the Bogside (Irvine) 

 meeting. 



A celebrated match of his was that on Cock Robin against 

 Captain Becher on Vivian. Much annoyed at the defeat of 

 Lancet by the last-named horse in the Great Aylesbury 

 Steeplechase, the Marquis at once matched Cock Robin against 

 Vivian for a thousand guineas, over the Market Harborough 

 Course a month afterwards. 



The match duly took place and is thus described by the 

 graphic pen of ** The Druid " in Scott and Sebright : — 



" A month after he had won at Aylesbury, Becher found him- 

 self once more putting his saddle on Vivian to meet * Tke Marquis' 

 and Cock Robin, from Shanklin Holt to the Ram's Head covert. 

 Cock Robin and Monarch were two of the best hunters that 

 ever drew breath in Ireland, and the defeated hero of this race, 

 a smart brown, fenced so well and went so fast that he got 

 nearly three hundred yards in advance. For once in his life 

 the Marquis, who was always in a hurry, was suddenly seized 

 with a prudent fit, and in trying to avoid two tremendous jumps, 

 which Becher was obliged to have, he got stuck in a dingle. 

 The Captain saw his difficulty, and following some wheel ruts 

 to the left, closed with him against the hill at the finish, which 



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