Mr. Arthur Yates 



was even deemed worthy of commemoration by a sporting poet 

 of the period, who broke out as follows in, we fancy, the 

 columns of the "Sporting Gazette." 



" In racing reports, it is oftentimes said, 

 A Jockey has cleverly won by a Head ; 

 But Yates has performed, when all other arts fail, 

 A more wonderful feat, for he won by a Tail." . 



Harold, we may mention, was originally the property of Lord 

 Uxbridge, and sold by him for £28 to Mr. Yates, who after 

 teaching the horse to jump, and winning a lot of steeplechases 

 with him, sold him for a thousand. 



Between 1869, when he may be considered to have started 

 riding in earnest, and 1876, Mr. Arthur Yates rode no less 

 than 253 winners, including 17 winners on the continent, made 

 up as follows : — 



1876 Out of 69 mounts won 30. 



His best year was 1872, when in all he rode 67 winners, 54 

 in England and 13 on the continent, a record which, so far as we 

 know, has never been beaten by any gentleman rider. 



Of the many good horses owned by Mr. Yates, Harvester, 

 who when the property of the Duke of Newcastle, had run 

 prominently in the Derby, and on whose back he won the 

 Croydon Steeplechase of 1872 in a canter, the wind blowing 



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