Gentlemen Riders 



His sporting adventures in other lands have been so 

 admirably described by himself in a volume replete with 

 interest, published in recent years, that there is no need to 

 enlarge upon them here. Suffice it to say that the subject of 

 our memoir, then an ensign in the 6oth Rifles (he had previously 

 served as a midshipman in the Royal Navy), made a successful 

 ddkit in the saddle on the 7th May, 1867, by winning the 

 South of Ireland Military Steeplechase on a gray mare named 

 Maid of the Mist, beating Bay Middleton on Lady Grey, 

 another of the same colour. 



Since that period Sir Claude has ridden on more than fifty 

 different courses in the United Kingdom, winning over most 

 of them. In addition to this he won the principal steeple- 

 chase in British East Africa in 1905, on a horse belonging to 

 Sir Donald Stewart, and the corresponding event in India in 

 the following year. 



Of all his successful rides both here and abroad, the one 

 Sir Claude will tell you he sets most store by was the Great 

 Sandown Steeplechase of 1903, which he won on Correze, a 

 horse bred and owned by himself, beating a good field of 

 horses, including Primate, ridden by Captain Bewicke, and at 

 that time first favourite for the Grand National. 



Later on, at Hawthorn Hill, Correze, again ridden by his 

 owner, won the Military Steeplechase, beating, amongst others, 

 Father O'Flynn, who had not long previously won the Grand 

 National. 



The latter, who appeared at one time to have the race at 

 his mercy, collapsed so suddenly a short distance from home, 

 that it is quite possible that he hadn't quite recovered from the 

 effects of the Aintree victory. Anyhow, the fact remains that 

 Correze won very comfortably at last. 



Sir Claude's latest — we won't say last — appearance in the 



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