Gentlemen Riders 



National Hunt Steeplechase no less than four times, viz. 

 on Gamechicken at Melton in 1864, on Daybreak at Lincoln 

 in 187 1, on Lucellum at Aylesbury in 1874, and on New- 

 Glasgow at Liverpool in 1880. 



Having thus briefly outlined his career in the saddle, we 

 feel we cannot do better in the interests of our readers than 

 allow this brilliant horseman and good sportsman to have 

 the " last word," as they say in the law courts. 



" I may mention," he writes, " that never, either directly 

 or indirectly, have I had a bet on any horse I have ridden. 

 This, I venture to think, is rather unusual. 



" I loved a ride, and would go any distance to ride any 

 horse. Of the two, however, I think I like hunting best. 

 Nothing, in my opinion, can beat a good place in a good 

 run, over a good country, and on a good horse. And in 

 hunting, if you don't get a good place, there is no one dis- 

 appointed but yourself." 



MAJOR TEMPEST 



When, in 1865, Alcibiade and Hall Court, ridden by two 

 officers in her Majesty's army, created such a sensation by 

 coming clean away from the field in the Grand National of 

 that year, it seemed to give an impetus to military riding, 

 more especially in connection with that particular event, which 

 it has never really lost. 



Previous to the occasions we speak of, those officers, either 

 in the army or out of it, who had ridden in the Liverpool, as 

 it was generally termed in those days, could be counted on 



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