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that ought to have won the Liverpool ; 

 Scarrington, of whom the same words might 

 be used ; Scots Grey ; Master Mowbray ; 

 Schiedam; Phryne ; the "bolter" Koyalist ; 

 Messager, winner of the big 'chase at Croy- 

 don, when owned by old Jack Percival, then 

 living at Marden Park, and ridden by 

 Gregory, a wonderfully hard bit of stuff; 

 Despatch, who always galloped "sky-scrap- 

 ing" fashion, and never seemed to look at 

 his fences ; Kyshworth, second for the Liver- 

 pool in Disturbance's year ; Marin ; Snow- 

 storm ; and Footman — all these were very 

 useful 'chasers, which I remember running 

 about the country some twenty odd years 

 ago. 



Early in the 8o's H.R.H. the Prince of 

 Wales owned a good class 'chaser in The 

 Scot, by P]lair Athol, a wonderfully handsome 

 chestnut horse with a lot of white markings 

 about him. He was not of much use on the 

 flat, but turned out a really fine cross-country 

 performer, securing amongst other events 

 the Great International Steeplechase at San- 



