Gentlemen Riders 



won several races on the flat on a very nice horse called 

 Vintner, the latter remarked — 



'• You remember getting that fall at Liverpool, but did you 

 know how you got it ? Because I can tell you. I was walking 

 round the course in the morning, and so were you, and you 

 had got almost as far as Becher's Brook when, seeing Mr. 

 Richardson and one or two other gentlemen on ahead, you 

 ran on and joined them without looking at Valentine's. I 

 walked on, and on coming to Valentine's Brook, found an 

 under-drain close to the flag on the left-hand side, and it was 

 that into which your horse put his feet on landing, and turned 

 over." 



Defence (ii st. lo lbs.) — Captain Machell's second string — 

 on whom "Mr. Roily" finished fourth in the Grand National of 

 1874, though a good horse, was not a natural jumper, and 

 consequently a difficult horse to ride over fences. He had 

 been tried, however, to be practically the same as Reugny 

 (10 St. 9 lbs.), at even weights, so it was just possible that had 

 anything happened to his stable companion in the race, Defence 

 might have won outright. '* Mr. Rolly's " fourth and last mount 

 in the Liverpool was in 1877, when he rode Earl Marshal for 

 Lord Downe. 



Of the many interesting trials in which Mr. " Roily " 

 took part during his riding career, one in particular which 

 took place over what was known as the "Big" steeplechase 

 course at Limber, will always dwell in his memory, if only from 

 the fact that so many good horses took part in it. 



Franc Luron, a little French-bred horse belonging to Captain 

 Machell, and ridden by "Mr. Roily," who had previously schooled 

 him, won, behind him, amongst others, being Redivivus (Joe 

 Cannon), second, Disturbance, Reugny, Defence, Hunter, 

 Chasseur, and The Priest. 



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