Gentlemen Riders 



In every task, in fact, which he has set himself during his 

 eventful life, Lord Minto seems to have been actuated by one 

 principle only, and that is, "Thorough." Lord Minto was 

 married in 1883 to Mary, daughter of General the Hon. 

 Charles Grey, by whom he has a son, Viscount Melgund, born 

 1 89 1, and three daughters, all of whom take after their father 

 in their love for sports of all kinds — especially where horses 

 are concerned. 



Mr. HEDWORTH T. BARCLAY 



If his great reputation as a brilliant horseman across Leicester- 

 shire, and a race-rider of more than ordinary ability, both over 

 a country and on a flat, are insufficient of themselves, the name 

 of the good sportsman familiarly known to his many friends as 

 " Buck " Barclay, will assuredly be handed down to posterity 

 as the owner of Bendigo, without doubt the most popular 

 horse of modern times. 



One of the first horses to bring the French grey jacket and 

 violet cap into prominence was Polariscope, purchased from 

 the Hon. George Lambton, on whose back Mr. Barclay won 

 several good Hunters' Races. Playful was another useful one, 

 who, subsequently sold to Lord Lurgan, narrowly missed 

 winning the big hurdle race at Auteuil. 



Besides other races the subject of our memoir won the 

 Ladies' Plate (three miles) at Sandown Park in 1888, on 

 Playfair, beating Mr. E. P. Wilson, on Why Not, and a large 

 field. Mr. Barclay subsequently sold the son of Rippenden 



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