X.— "WHY NOT" 



The fact is not a little curious that some of 

 the best cross-country jockeys, such as Robert 

 I' Anson and James Adams, have never ridden 

 the winner of the Grand National, although they 

 deserved to ride several, but the luck was per- 

 sistently against them as regards that important 

 race. Their mounts were not quite good enough. 

 My own experiences at Aintree have been more 

 fortunate, more exhilarating. Three brilliant 

 'chasers have been steered to victory by me in 

 the great Liverpool event, and the hardest race 

 of the lot was undoubtedly that which I won on 

 Captain C. H. Fenwick's " Why Not." If my 

 horse had not been one of the gamest of the 

 game, with a heart as big as a mountain, we 

 should not have got home. I was glad to reach 

 there safely. 



Prior to plunging into the sporting details and 

 thrills of that grand encounter, I must mention 

 that in the year 1893 I won the Sefton Steeple- 

 chase on " Why Not " for Captain Fenwick, the 



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