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after this Mr. "Thomas" got a fall at San- 

 down, which seriously affected his eyesight, 

 and rendered his retirement from the saddle 

 imperative. His second winner. The Lamb, 

 was probably as good as, if not better than, 

 any previous winner of the event. As a 

 clever jumper, few have ever equalled him, 

 and he showed this, with a vengeance, when 

 he cleared four prostrate horses and their 

 riders without touching one of them whilst 

 running at Aintree. If memory serves me, 

 Mr. Arthur Yates was one of the " mighty 

 fallen " on that occasion. 



But mention of Mr. "Thomas" and Mr. 

 Arthur Yates reminds me that I have now 

 emerged from the confines of the past, and 

 entered upon the regions of the present. In 

 the next chapter, I propose to run over the 

 names of several of the chasers and their 

 riders which have "made history" for the 

 past thirty years. 



