Major Candy 



mare he was riding, and on which Major Trocke had previously 

 won the Conynham Cup, being one of them, and Tom Thumb, 

 Captain Smith's mount, another. In this case the latter and 

 Captain Candy — as he then was — were the only gentlemen 

 riding. 



In the year the King — then Prince of Wales — was present 

 at Punchestown, Major Candy rode Gaskin, the property of 

 Mr. W. Forbes, of Collender, master of the Kildare Hounds, 

 in the Foxhunters' Plate, won by Captain " Doggie " Smith on 

 Tom Thumb, beating a very large field. 



Mr. Forbes, a real good sportsman, is still amongst us, well 

 and hearty, and hunting regularly with the Hurworth. The 

 subject of our memoir appears mounted on Gaskin in the well- 

 known picture of Punchestown published at the time by, we 

 fancy, Messrs. Ackermann, of Regent Street, the Prince of 

 Wales on a grey horse being a prominent feature. 



Major Candy rode in most of the military races at 

 Warwick, Rugby, and Windsor, and at Ardeer won the military 

 race on Rosebud, by Master Tom. 



Not counting his fall on Olympia at Navan, he rode in 

 fourteen races for different owners in fifteen days, winning 

 seven and being second on each of the remainder. 



Though the smash in question had the effect of keeping 

 Major Candy on the shelf for eight months, it certainly did 

 not affect his nerve, for we find him winning six out of the 

 first seven races he rode in after his re-appearance in the 

 saddle. 



A particular day was certainly a red-letter one in his 

 calendar, for out of the seven races Major Candy rode in 

 he won six and was second in the other. 



Altogether Major Candy won just fifty races during his 

 career in the saddle, not counting a few more after his 



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