A few Notable Mounts 



" Jarretieres." I won the steeplechase of 3 miles 

 on "Old Malt," and likewise secured a hurdle 

 race the same day on " Happy Go Lucky," who 

 had been bought by a member of the Sport- 

 ing Press for a small sum. Again, curiously — 

 unless I take a distorted view of these thrilling 

 matters — " Happy Go Lucky " was ridden in his 

 trial (2 miles over hurdles in Tad worth Park) 

 by another member of the Sporting Press not 

 unconnected with this inimitable chronicle ; and 

 with such celebrities at work, of course, defeat 

 was out of the question. We said " Good-bye " 

 to Woodside with regret. We left off a winner 

 — like the man who married a third time and 

 buried his wife the same year — preferring that 

 method of exit, if possible, rather than to leave 

 with a sense of having thrown up the sponge ; 

 and, truth to tell, we packed up a nice little 

 parcel, so to speak, with which to make the 

 journey home more festive. Such packages are 

 not so easy to come by now judging from the 

 trifling amount of personal luggage some of us 

 travel with from one course to another. If we 

 are not discovered under the seat 1 



" Courtier " was a good horse for me. He also 

 belonged to Sir Simon Lockhart, and, ridden by 

 your humble servant, he won the Sandown Grand 



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