Gentlemen Riders 



At Hamilton Park, the Lanarkshire National Hunt Flat- 

 race on Millman. 



At Hamilton Park, the Ruthven National Hunt Flat-race 

 on Millman. 



At Haydock Park (1907), the National Hunt Flat-race on 

 Virginius. 



Except for his Parliamentary duties, Colonel Hall Walker 

 might have flown at much higher game, in which case we 

 might have seen the familiar blue and white check jacket 

 and the cerise cap, sported by their owner on The Soarer 

 and Hill O'Bree in the Grand National, instead of by a 

 substitute. 



Mr. ARTHUR COVENTRY 



Of all the amateur horsemen of recent years it would, indeed, 

 be difficult to name the equal — certainly not the superior — 

 either in skill or popularity, of the gentleman whose name 

 forms the heading of this chapter. In many of our English 

 families of ancient lineage a love of sport and pre-eminence 

 in the art of horsemanship is hereditary, and regarded by its 

 members as an heirloom, quite as priceless in its way as the 

 family jewels — if not more so. 



In none of these would you find this trait handed down 

 from one generation to another with greater regularity than 

 by the House of Coventry, and it is equally certain that never 

 has its reputation been better upheld than by Mr. Arthur of 

 that ilk. 



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