My Racing Adventures 



and was a splendid jumper. What more do they 

 want? He was a beautiful horse to ride over 

 fences, and a " smasher " when he carried me to 

 victory at Liverpool in the snow. It was a fine 

 performance. We might have gone round again, 

 as hinted, but there would have been little sense 

 in giving an " extra turn," which meant no addi- 

 tions to our golden store. The high contracting 

 parties expect to get some money, of course, or 

 they would quickly strike out for plunder in a 

 different hemisphere. 



The particulars given by Mr Bletsoe are so 

 full of interest to all sporting readers that I am 

 tempted to cull another extract from his missive, 

 to wit : 



" Relating to ' Grudon,' I may add that my 

 daughter rode him regularly to hounds as a three- 

 year-old, and several times each season up to 

 Christmas. Racing never made any difference to 

 him as a hunter ; he was always quiet in the 

 hunting-field, and never got excited when hounds 

 were running. My daughter says that he was 

 one of the most sensible horses she ever rode, and 

 she steered him in nearly all his work when he 

 was in training." 



Light weight and light " hands " are certainly 

 useful qualifications for that sporting exercise. 

 We thus obtain what may be termed an inside 



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