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Garrett Moore rode him, and he was beaten cleverly 

 by Chasseur, a horse the property of the late Colonel 

 Ainslie. A very long price was refused for Glenavon 

 after the race, ^600, I think. He broke down, and 

 never ran again. The worthy sportsman under notice 

 astonished some of the youngsters by the style in 

 which he rode Fairymount, a horse of his own, by 

 Warlike, forthe"Downshire," inPunchestown, in 1867. 

 When he walked out of the dressing-room in a '* bran " 

 new jacket, and with a pair of white kid gloves on (he 

 always wore kid gloves when riding a steeplechase), 

 some junior sportsmen were joking with him, and I 

 well remember the hearty cheer accorded to him when, 

 putting his hand on Fairymount' s wither, he said : 

 "Some of you, youngsters, can't do this, though;" 

 and he immediately vaulted into the saddle (not a 

 bad performance for a man in his fifty-ninth year). 

 He was fifth in a field of thirty. Fairymount was 

 engaged in the Conyngham Cup, run next day. His 

 owner thought it useless to start him, but yielding to 

 the earnest solicitation of Paddy Gavin, he did so. 

 He had much difficulty in getting a man to ride him ; 

 at length, he secured the services of Captain Hutton. 

 Twenty ran, and 25 to i was laid against Fairy- 

 mount ; he won easily. For 95 sovs. Mr. M'Donogh 

 purchased Mr. Saville's speedy miler, Uhlan, late Blue- 

 skin. He put him to the jumping business, and 

 ran him for the Grand Stand Plate at Cork May 

 meeting, 1871. He backed him to win ^4,000, and 

 he started first favourite in a field of twenty-nine 

 runners. He was defeated, after a most exciting finish, 

 by an English mare, Captain Barker's Aurifera. 

 Jones just got her home in front by a length. Many 



