The Earl of Winchilsea 



for a moment, and Jim took the offending soul in hand 



at once. 



" Where are yoti coming to, I should like to know ? " he 

 inquired of the astonished amateur, in a tone of indignant 

 remonstrance, as he rode up alongside. 



" Come ! get out of it ! " and with that he suited the action 

 to the word, and edged his victim gradually away to the rails 

 on the far side, over which he nearly sent him flying, leaving 

 Gadfly to come home at his leisure. 



" What became of the other riders," added Mr. Bevill, 

 with a smile, "is not for me to say. Theirs were pretty bad, 

 but mine was worse ; so perhaps you can guess." 



Altogether from 1855, in which year he commenced riding, 

 until his retirement in 1888, Mr. W. Bevill rode in no less than 

 1 132 races on the flat and over a country, which are accounted 

 for as follows : — 



Wins. Second. Lost. 



312. 290. 530. 



THE EARL OF WINCHILSEA 



("John Davis") 



Perhaps no one ever entered the political arena with a louder 

 flourish of trumpets than did Viscount Maidstone, eldest son of 

 the Earl of Winchilsea, when on leaving the University he 

 allowed himself to be nominated as a fit and proper person 

 to represent an important borough in Parliament, in the 

 Conservative interest. 



