Gentlemen Riders 



reward by Flaxman's appearance in the Liverpool of last 

 year, when, though unlucky in the race, he succeeded in 

 carrying the Royal colours into fourth place, is matter of 

 history. 



Since then the horse has had another long rest, and it is 

 gratifying to hear that, all being well, he will certainly be amongst 

 the entries, and, we hope, runners, for next year's Liverpool. 

 If in addition, Flaxman should prove capable of following in 

 the footsteps of Ambush II., and winning His Majesty his 

 second Grand National, there will be no prouder man in 

 existence that afternoon, you may depend, than the popular 

 sportsman who forms the subject of this sketch. 



MAJOR C. H. L. BEATTY, D.S.O. 



The eldest son of the late Captain D. L. Beatty, of Borodale, 

 Co. Wexford, formerly in the 4th Hussars, himself a fine rider 

 to hounds, and a noted breeder of hunters and chasers, the 

 subject of our sketch was born in 1870, and received his 

 education at Cheltenham, and Trinity College, Cambridge, 

 afterwards joining the 6th Battalion Warwickshire Regiment, 

 which at a later date was commanded by the late Colonel 

 Harry McCalmont, with whom he was so much associated 

 afterwards in Turf matters. His father lived latterly at The 

 Moat, near Rugby, where, besides upward of forty horses in 

 training, he never had less than twenty-five hunters in his 

 stables, so that if his son did not turn out a finished horseman 

 it could not be said that it was for want of practice. 



There was no danger, however, on that score, and in 1892 



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