148 In Scarlet and Silk 



jumped tlie country much better than I 

 had imagined he would, but he managed to 

 blunder badly at the water and smash one 

 of the rails in front of a fence ; after which 

 he landed on his head and turned over, 

 leaving Cannon and Regal to go on and 

 tackle Congress, which they did to such 

 good purpose that the black won by a 

 neck. 



Austerlitz, in 1877, was a veritable wonder, 

 and it is difficult to say what weight would 

 have stopped him that day. He must have 

 been a very pleasant horse to ride, and 

 galloped, like his sire. Rataplan, " casually." 

 As a fencer he was magnificent, and just 

 the horse to carry Mr. "Freddy" Hobson 

 home triumphantly. But how he could 

 manage to spare a hand to catch hold of 

 the cantle of his saddle at every fence 

 I cannot, for the life of me, imagine. How- 

 ever, he won, and that is everything. 



In 1 879 The Liberator was steered to victory 

 by Mr. "Garry" Moore, a very popular 

 win for the Irish brigade, who came over 



