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stable, who had not supported the horse for a shilling, being 

 studies in themselves. 



Mr. Hobson's father owned a string of racehorses, the 

 best of which was Rhedyecina, by Wintonian, who, in the 

 hands of Frank Butler, won the Oaks in 1850, and these 

 the youthful " Freddy," before he went to Eton, was accustomed 

 to ride regularly in their work, so that he may be said to have 

 cut his eye-teeth early. In addition his father kept a pack of 

 harriers, which were whipped-in by no less a person than 

 Tom Firr, who, from beginning life as a stable help in Mr. 

 Hobson's employ, attained at last the highest pinnacle of 

 fame as huntsman to the Quorn. 



Born in 1842 and educated at Eton, Mr. Hobson subse- 

 quently married Miss Gully, granddaughter of the celebrated 

 John Gully, member for Pontefract, and owner of so many 

 celebrated racehorses. 



Mr. Hobson's death occurred at the house of his father-in- 

 law in May, 1899. 



M. FERNAND ROY 



Foreign sportsmen invariably meet with a cordial reception 

 whenever they honour our race-courses with their presence, 

 whether as owners or riders, and though rentente cordiale 

 between France and England was by no means so pronounced as 

 it is now, at the time when he was riding in England, in steeple- 

 chases and on the fiat, there was no more popular personality 

 on the Turf, in the hunting field, or society generally, than the 

 dashing young horseman, who, in the late sixties or early 



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