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been sold out of the Marquis of Cholmondeley's 

 stable. He lias changed hands pretty often 

 in the course of a somewhat chequered career, 

 and has the credit of having beaten this year's 

 Grand National hero, Wild Man from Borneo, 

 in November 1893, in the Jolliffe Steeple- 

 chase, on which occasion he was ridden by 

 his present owner, Mr. Cecil Grenfell, a capital 

 man between the flags, as he is at cricket, 

 fencing, and racquets. 



Why Not is a game little horse that 

 thoroughly deserved his victory in 1894. He 

 was jointly owned by Mr. Jardine and Mr. 

 Charley Cunningham — the latter a splendid 

 horseman, though full tall for a jockey — and, 

 ridden by him, ran a good second at Liver- 

 pool as far back as 1 8 . This year he again 

 ran extremely well, and finished in the first 

 half-dozen. 



Beyond all cavil, Cloister has proved him- 

 self the champion cross-country performer of 

 the age — perhaps of any age — for on the day 

 that he simply squandered his field in the 

 Grand National of 1893, winning with 12 st. 



