Mr. H. Crawshaw 



a superior order of architecture seldom to be met with at one 

 and the same time. Amongst the former, one of the most 

 prominent was the dapper little horseman named above — the 

 beau ideal of a gentleman rider, not only in appearance but in 

 the result. 



Born on the 5th of December, 1838, the subject of our 

 memoir, his education at an end, went for a trip to America, 

 where he stayed until the outbreak of Civil War, making his 

 exit just in time to escape being blockaded. 



On his return to England, he took up his quarters at 

 Leamington, sharing rooms with his friend Corbett- Holland, 

 and hunting regularly with the various packs of hounds in the 

 neighbourhood. 



It was about this period that Mr. Crawshaw rode his first 

 race on a horse belonging to Mr. George Crook at Not- 

 tingham, which he admits he ought to have won but for falling 

 into the too common error of waiting too long. After this he 

 gradually drifted into racing and race-riding, his light weight 

 being a great advantage to him in the latter capacity. 



In those days Lord Poulett had a strong stable of jumpers 

 at Droxford in Hampshire, and Mr. Crawshaw, being a 

 frequent guest, had ample opportunity of unlimited practice, 

 of which he was not slow to avail himself ; and that his noble 

 host had formed a high opinion of his horsemanship is 

 clear from the fact that he was put up to ride in each of The 

 Lamb's three trials before he won the Liverpool the first time. 

 All of these were satisfactory in the extreme, the last of all 

 being of a most decisive character, Benazet, a brilliant two- 

 miler, the mount of Mr. Crawshaw, who joined in that distance 

 from home, being nowhere with The Lamb, who won in a 

 canter. 



In the actual race Mr. Crawshaw rode Thalassius, belonging 



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