Mr. G. W. Lushington 



At the Liverpool November meeting of 1889 he won the 

 Sefton Steeplechase on Battle Royal, and, riding as " Mr. 

 Wildman," he had the mount on the same horse the following 

 March in the Grand National, which race it was quite expected 

 by his party he would win. 



Their hopes, however, were soon dashed to the ground, 

 for Battle Royal was as "cold as a stone" at a very early 

 period of the race, and, finally, came down. His running, 

 indeed, was so utterly at variance with his true form that 

 the only construction to be put upon it was that he had been 

 "got at" the previous night. Not long afterwards Mr. 

 Lushington, owing to a bad fall when riding in a steeplechase 

 at Sandown Park, in which he broke one of his hands, was 

 obliged to relinquish this branch of the sport, and for the 

 future confined himself entirely to flat-race riding, a game at 

 which he has few equals and no superior. 



At Goodwood he has always been very lucky, having ridden 

 the winners of the Corinthian Cup four years in succession, on 

 one occasion in the Royal colours, the most memorable, perhaps, 

 of the quartette being when, riding Buckshot, he beat Morny 

 Cannon by a head on something of the Duke of Westminster's. 

 In addition to his race-riding, which it is good to know is 

 still a long way off the winter of its existence, Mr. Lushington, 

 who now resides at Conyngham Lodge, Curragh, has for many 

 years superintended the management of the King's Steeple- 

 chase horses, and it was at his instance that his Majesty 

 purchased Ambush IL, and subsequently, Flaxman — own 

 brother to that smart young chaser, Cackler — of whom great 

 things were expected until he unfortunately injured himself at 

 Liverpool three years ago. 



How after a twelve months' rest the care and attention 

 bestowed on his charge by Mr. Lushington met with its due 



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