My Racing Adventures 



I sent " Lord William " to Manchester to run in 

 the Trafford Park Handicap Steeplechase. I 

 rode him there, and again he won in a canter : in 

 effect, I could have safely trotted past the post 

 if it had been possible to steady him to that 

 extent. An estimate of the ease with which 

 " Lord William " won that race may be formed 

 when the fact is mentioned that all the runners 

 except the first and second were actually pulled 

 up and walked past the post. 



Yet, brilliant as his credentials were as a 

 'chaser of the first class, " Lord William " certainly 

 wanted a lot of riding. He used to jump 

 splendidly whilst running away ; one could only 

 sit still and let him go ; he never made a mistake. 

 He often took off before he ought to have done 

 so, some distance before reaching the fence ; but, 

 mercifully, he never tried to land until his foot- 

 ing was assured. There were no rolls-over, no 

 leap-frog business, in the ooze. 



At that period also I trained and rode a nice 

 3-mile steeplechase horse called " Query," who 

 was the property of Lord Lovat. He did us 

 several good turns. He was a game, genuine 

 little animal that might always be depended on 

 to do his best, and it was not so bad at that. On 

 one occasion I recollect, after I had won on him 



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