Gentlemen Riders 



Kinrara, giving the mare a lot more weight than when tried 

 together, beat her easy. 



He rode in and won a good many races in France, and not 

 winning the big Paris Steeplechase of 1904, for which he 

 finished second on Gascon II. to Percy Woodland on Dandolo, 

 was a great disappointment to him. As Percy went wide at the 

 last turn, and Frank Hartigan got through on the inside, which 

 meant a good deal at Auteuil, the latter might well be excused 

 for thinking that he would jus^ win. 



Though heart and soul in the profession at which he has 

 proved such a phenomenal success, it must not be imagined that 

 in being on with the new love, Frank Hartigan is altogether 

 off with the old, because such is far from being the case. 



To quote his own words — 



" Although I never ride now, except my horses in their 

 work, and £-ood ones schooling, I dearly loved the game, and 

 often long to be wearing silk once again, especially when, having 

 schooled one, I have got fond of him, and feel I should like to 

 share his triumphs." 



And we quite enter into his sentiments. 



CAPTAIN ROBERT HENRY COLLIS, D.S.O. 



Tpiough he has only ridden in public for the last twelve years 

 or so, there is not an amateur jockey to be named at the present 

 time whose reputation as a horseman stands higher than that of 

 the gallant officer who forms the subject of this chapter, and it 

 is equally certain that, were he so inclined, we should see him 

 sporting silk far oftener than is the case. 



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