My Racing Adventures 



which is the more extraordinary, because those 

 who came to grief comprised such accom- 

 plished 'chasers as " Cloister " (W. Nightingall), 

 "Doneraile" (Captain Middleton), "Blood- 

 stone," (Butchers), "Hoheit" (Mitchell), and 

 " Etonian " (Reilly). Little or no harm was 

 done ; a cross - country jockey learns to take a 

 " severe shaking " as if the medicine were almost 

 agreeable. 



In the following year I won the same race 

 on "M.P.," with "Ulysses" (Strong) second, 

 and "Lord of the Glen" (Mr Waller) third. 

 "Grief" was again abundant. " Oxton," 

 "Ulysses," "Field Marshall," and "Hoheit" 

 fell. Next year (1892), whilst riding in this 

 steeplechase, I was second on " Springbank " 

 to " Marcellus," ridden by Tom Adams, " Lady 

 Pat " (Mr Ripley) being third. Of the starters 

 on that occasion " Spree Boy," " Moonflower," 

 and " Lady Pat " fell, the last - named being 

 remounted, and finished third. In 1894, when 

 this prize was won by " Midshipmite," all the 

 runners fell (I was a victim on "Why Not," 

 whom I subsequently rode to victory in the 

 Grand National, as will be related in chrono- 

 logical order), and only the two placed horses 

 finished. The Ludlow course was fairly big, 



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