Mr. Frank Gordon 



animal the horse, it was the latter's boast that he had been 

 present at forty-nine Derbys, and fifty-three St. Legers, and it 

 was a characteristic "saying of his," that the two books he 

 knew thoroughly well, were the Bible and the Racing Calendar. 



It is pleasant to know that the mantle of their father has 

 descended on shoulders so well qualified to wear it as Mr. 

 Frank Gordon's two sons, both of whom are quite at the top of 

 the tree amongst the amateur horsemen of the present time. 

 The elder, a few years since, headed the winning list of 

 gentlemen riders, whilst his brother Robert has kept up a 

 steady average of twenty-two wins during the past three years. 



We cannot close this memoir of one of the most famous 

 horsemen of his time without quoting the following touching 

 tribute to his worth from the pen of Mr. E. C. Clayton, which 

 appeared in Horse and Hound shortly after his death : — 



The late Mr. Frank Gordon. 

 To the Editor of Horse and Hounds. 



"While fickle fortune stands by him 

 Who rides up close to hounds." 



Sir, 



Snatched almost literally out of the saddle — he was 

 out hunting within ten days of his death, which took place on 

 Friday March i — Death has, as most men would desire, and as 

 he himself would cheerfully admit, been merciful in thus sparing 

 him any lingering illness ; for this was not the spirit or life to 

 brook much restraint or confinement even when tamed and 

 tempered by the burden of eighty-two years. 



There are, no doubt, some — not many — who can recall those 

 halycon days with the Fitzwilliam Hunt forty years ago and 

 more, when Mr. George Fitzwilliam reigned at Milton — the 

 days of George Carter. To such, the sight of Frank Gordon 



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