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expected from his parentage, and, later on, the trainer of 

 Manifesto when he won the Liverpool the second time, must 

 not be passed over ; nor must Mr. W. P. Cullen who, from 1890 

 until 1904, was constantly in the saddle, and who, though 

 unsuccessful on each of the five occasions he rode in the Grand 

 National, was generally there or thereabouts at the finish. 



Then there was Mr. Cecil Grenfell, whose brilliant effort on 

 Father O'FIynn when he was beaten a length and a half by The 

 Soarer in the Liverpool of 1896, still dwells in the memory. 



The death of Mr. H. Sydney, the result of a fall in a steeple- 

 chase, undoubtedly cut short a brilliant career in the saddle ; and 

 the same may be said of Mr. Nugent, who could hardly have 

 failed to have reached the top of the tree had he been spared. 



Of all the amateur cross-country riders of recent years, 

 however, for keenness, hard work, and ability in the saddle, 

 commend us to the Hon. Aubrey Hastings, whose brilliant 

 victory in the Grand National of 1906 on Ascetic's Silver, a 

 victory rendered all the more creditable in view of the privations 

 he had undergone to enable him to ride, will dwell long in the 

 memory. A few more genuine enthusiasts like Mr. Hastings 

 and there would be no need to draw comparisons between the 

 steeplechasing of to-day and that of his countrymen, Lord 

 Clanricarde and Mr. Osbaldeston. 



We were all pleased to see Mr. Bulteel sporting silk once 

 more, and riding better than ever, after his recent severe illness ; 

 and we do not think we can wind up this chapter better than by 

 wishing a speedy return to the saddle to Mr. Percy Whittaker, 

 now happily recovering from his recent severe fall. One of 

 the keenest and best horsemen of the day, either to hounds or 

 between the flags, and riding as he does for pure love of the 

 thing, cross-country sport can ill afford to lose — even for a while 

 — so devoted an adherent as the whilom Master of the Oakley. 



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