Gentlemen Riders. 



When the regiment moved to Scotland, Captain Lee- 

 Barber commenced a long connection with Mr. J. Gardener- 

 Muir, in which colours he rode a great many winners, including 

 Coronet. This horse he describes as the best three-miler of 

 his time, and on him he was only beaten once out of ten 

 or eleven rides — the occasion being the Grand National of 

 1886 won by Old Joe, for which he started favourite at 3 to i 

 and finished sixth. 



At this period Captain Lee- Barber was first jockey for 

 the Green Lodge Stables, presided over by Mr. James Ryan, 

 who had no superior in the art of training jumpers, and his 

 average of winners hailing from that establishment certainly 

 takes a lot of beating ; amongst those he rode to victory being 

 the afore- mentioned Coronet (winner of the Mammoth Steeple- 

 chase of 2000 sovs. at Sandown), Ireland (the conqueror of 

 Cloister at Croydon and winner of the Scottish Grand 

 National), Innisfail, Azuline, Prince Henry, Royal Fern — by 

 Springfield (winner of the Sandown Hurdle Race) — and 

 Ivanhoe (winner of the Derby Hurdle Race of 500 sovs.), 

 carrying 12 st. 8 lbs., beating fourteen others — all good horses. 



On the retirement of Mr. Arthur Coventry, Captain Lee- 

 Barber frequently rode for Tom Cannon, described by him 

 as one of the nicest '* masters " in the world, winning two 

 races worth ^500 apiece in the Danebury hoops straight away 

 on the American-bred Jolly Sir John, belonging to Mr. F. 

 Gebhart. Captain Lee- Barber one morning had a long and 

 protracted battle on the Danebury schooling ground with this 

 somewhat erratic horse, owing to a great aversion on the part 

 of the latter to the open ditch, and it was the toss up of a 

 coin as to which would be beat first. 



When at last the jovial one did condescend to jump the 

 ditch, his rider fell off from sheer exhaustion. It is refreshing 



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