Gentlemen Riders 



". Skedaddle is located at Kinlet Hall at the present time, 

 and his owners cherish hopes that he may yet sire a Grand 

 National winner. 



On Slane, the Colonel won the loth Hussars Challenge Cup 

 no fewer than four times, the two last being when in command 

 of the regiment, and (adds his owner), " both of us getting very 

 old." Slane accompanied his master to South Africa during 

 the Boer War, and whilst there was shot in the foot, though 

 not badly, luckily ; and now he is at rest in an orchard at 

 Kinlet, alongside some other good old chasers who have all 

 done their share towards the successes of the familiar Zingari 

 and Black Cap of their popular owner. 



It was this old favourite upon whose back their Colonel 

 elected to be depicted by Mr. G. D. Giles, when the regiment 

 presented him with his portrait by way of a wedding gift. 

 Needless to say, it constitutes one of its recipient's most valued 

 possessions, not only as a work of art, but as a lasting memento 

 of those stirring scenes in which he took so prominent a part. 



That the medical profession — or, at all events, that portion 

 of it devoted to surgery — profited by some of the Colonel's 

 rides, may be gathered from the fact that at various times 

 during his steeplechasing and hunting career, he had broken 

 both legs, both arms, both collar-bones, several ribs, dislocated 

 both shoulders, and had concussion of the brain on seven 

 different occasions. 



" And yet," as he philosophically observes, " I loved the 

 game as much as ever, when old age made me give it up." 



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