Gentlemen Riders 



one to win, Captain Murray-Threipland had more than his 

 share of luck, for in six attempts he won it four times, being 

 placed on each of the other two occasions as recorded below. 



Of the horses already mentioned Traynor won twenty- 

 three races out of twenty-six ; whilst Frontier, on whose back 

 his owner appears in our portrait, did better still, winning 

 twenty-seven out of the fifty-three races in which he started ; 

 was second on nine, and third on thirteen occasions, being 

 consequently only thirteen times unplaced. 



With his win on Lambay in the Grand Military of 1899 

 Captain Murray-Threipland's riding career came to an end ; for 

 the regiment leaving shortly after for South Africa, he 

 remained there two years, and finding at the end of that time 

 that increasing weight was likely to prove an effectual bar to 

 future success in the saddle, made up his mind — with reluctance, 

 you may be sure — to hang up the colours for good and all, 

 retiring with a winning record which, compared with his 

 number of mounts, was really remarkable ; in some years 

 having won nearly half the races he rode in. 



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