Major C. H. L. Beatty 



we find him riding in and winning his first steeplechase on a 

 horse called Radical in the Dunsmore Plate at Rugby. After 

 this he rode continually with great success, amongst his victories 

 being the Hunt Cups at Warwick and Rugby, each of which 

 he won three times, whilst at the Towcester Hunt meeting in 

 1894 he won four steeplechases the same afternoon, being 

 beaten in a fifth by a neck. 



The following year he won the Grand International Steeple- 

 chase at Sandown on Kestrel, belonging to Colonel "Willy" 

 Lawson. On Nun, a one-eyed mare, the property of his father, 

 too, he won a great many races, and the Atherstone Point-to- 

 Point on Jarnac, belonging to himself. 



Major Beatty only figured twice in the Grand National, viz. 

 in 1897 ^^^ 1S9S — each time on Filbert; and, seeing that he 

 was second on the first occasion, and fourth the next, he may 

 be said to have come out of the ordeal with more than credit 

 to himself. 



In 1898 he left off riding to superintend the training of the 

 late Colonel Harry McCalmont's horses at Bedford Cottage. 

 The following year, however, the Boer War broke out, and 

 Major Beatty had to leave with his regiment for South Africa, 

 where he remained two years, during which he served in the 

 Mounted Infantry, and was on the staff of General Alderson, 

 being twice mentioned in despatches, and rewarded for his 

 services with D.S.O. 



In 1 901 Major Beatty returned home and resumed charge 

 of the Bedford Cottage horses, which had been looked after 

 during his absence by Captain Machell, and on Colonel 

 McCalmont's sad death, in] 1903, took over the lease of the 

 stables and started training on ihis own account, with what 

 success we all know. 



Zinfandel, who won the Ascot Cup in record time in 1905, 



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