The Marquis of Cholmondeley 



12 St. 2 lbs., by half a length, after a tremendous race with 

 " Roddy " Owen and Captain Fisher (now Colonel Fisher- 

 Childe). Soon afterwards he won again at Aldershot on the 

 same horse, beating a hot favourite ridden by " Mr. Abington." 



On this occasion Lord Cholmondeley had to ride in a 

 saddle weighing only a pound and one ounce, pad included ; the 

 same being beautifully made, or, needless to say, he could not 

 have carried the weight. At Stockbridge and Kempton he 

 won two races on Mon Roi. On the last-named occasion there 

 were only two runners, and Mon Roi was beaten everywhere 

 until lOO yards from the post, when seconding a brilliant 

 effort on the part of his rider, he got up and won by a neck. 



Mon Roi was a useful horse, and could carry weight well, 

 but a difficult one to ride. Wait with him and come with one 

 run, and he would do his best, but would not do it twice to 

 please anybody. 



Lord Cholmondeley once entered him in two races at Liver- 

 pool, on both of which he thought he had a good chance. 

 Unfortunately they had made some new ground at the bottom 

 turn, which, owing to the recent wet weather, was nothing 

 better than a bog. Mon Roi got stuck in this, and, to the 

 annoyance of his rider, who had ^900 on him, could only 

 get third. 



Mon Roi's second attempt is thus described by Lord 

 Cholmondeley : — 



" Arthur Coventry, who was starting, told me that there 

 was a bit of sound going close to the rails, so I went down to 

 look at it, and in the race the next day, I got my horse on this, 

 with the result that we won very cleverly. I had a very warm 

 reception from the public, and if it had not been for the iron 

 railings, in all probability, I should have received a still warmer 

 one. Of course they did not know what had happened the 



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