Colonel the Hon. William Lawson 



if none of them actually won their side, by being shown the 

 way were enabled to score the necessary points to insure 

 victory for the Cup. Though his weight was a preventative 

 to riding in any but regimental races, Colonel Lawson owned 

 some good winners at various times, viz. Hay Fever, who 

 won twice for him in the hands of Captain Tom Hone of the 

 7th Hussars, the only man, indeed, who could ride her ; 

 St. Valentine (in partnership with the late Sir Cuthbert Slade, 

 who also acted as jockey), who, in addition to the Guards* Cup, 

 won twenty other races ; a beautiful chestnut horse by Lord 

 Gough, Traveller's Joy, bought by him as a three-year-old, 

 when the regiment was quartered in Ireland, from Harry 

 Beasley ; and Kestrel by Spider, dam by Double X, who, ridden 

 by Charlie Beatty, and trained by his father, won the Grand 

 International Steeplechase at Sandown. Kestrel afterwards 

 ran well in the Grand National, and was then hunted in 

 Leicestershire for six seasons by Mrs. Lawson, who considered 

 him her best horse. Arab King, a curiously bred animal, up 

 to fourteen stone, by Kismet (an Arab that ran at Newmarket) 

 out of Cinderella, won a few races and was also hunted for 

 many years by Mrs. Lawson. This horse never took to 

 racing, but was a wonderful hunter. After going once round 

 at Birmingham, he ran away and jumped into the paddock 

 over some very high-spiked railings, his jockey still remaining 

 in the saddle and pulling him up near the weighing-room. 

 Dirkhampton, after being hunted by Mrs. Lawson as a four- 

 year-old, won the Great Bangor and the Leicestershire Hunt 

 Steeplechases, being ridden each time by Captain Gwynn 

 Saunders- Davies, when Colonel Lawson was away at the 

 war. This horse won an extraordinary number of small races 

 later. 



For the " weighty" reason already stated. Colonel Lawson 



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