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Arthur, the winner of the Grand Military 

 at Rugby seven and twenty years ago. The 

 army can also claim such "good men and 

 true" in the present day as Major E. R. 

 Owen ; Sir Cuthbert Slade, who has steered 

 Captain Michael Hughes's Alsop in most of 

 his successful races ; Major Fisher ; Captain 

 Bewicke (who, if the racing reports are to 

 be believed, is " Captain" one day and " Mr." 

 the next !) ; Mr. Beevor, R.A.; Captain AValter 

 Beevor, Scots Guards, who at one time trained 

 and rode for Mr. Harry MacCalmont, M.P., the 

 owner of Isinglass ; Mr. F. B. Atkinson, late 

 5th Lancers ; Major Crawley, who rode this 

 year's Grand Military winner, Mr. Eustace 

 Loder's Field Marshal, a rare good-looking 

 horse, with a crest like a stallion's — Field 

 Marshal, by the w^ay, came past the post 

 second, Athlumney galloping in ahead. Un- 

 fortunately, however, for Mr. Lawson the 

 horse forgot to bring his jockey home with 

 him. Captains Ricardo, Barry, Yardley, and 

 Paynter, Major Carter, Captain Ferrar, and 

 Mr. Murray- Threipland have all been seen 



