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skilful handling of the uncertain and boring Waler was 

 greatly admired, he managed to get home a length in 

 front of Mr. Macleod on Delphos, who was supposed to 

 be the best chaser in India. Blackboy struck the last 

 wall, carried a considerable part of it away, " pecked '" 

 badly, and would have fallen had his rider been shifted 

 out of his seat in the slightest. Shortly after that, a 

 fatal accident to his brother when riding a hurdle race 

 in Ireland put an end to Rowland Hudson's sport 

 " between the flags." The last time I saw him riding 

 and winning was at Mozufferpore, in 1880, on his good 

 marc Mercedes, who won him many useful stakes. I 

 may add that he is a brilliant pig-sticker, and has, 

 single-handed, killed many an old grey boar off horses 

 which few would have cared to ride. 



When the Prince of Wales went on a tiger shooting 

 expedition to Nepal while he was in India, Mr. Hudson 

 was chosen to accompany H.R.H. Unfortunately there 

 was little chance of showing sport on horseback, except 

 on one occasion, when they had a chase after a wild 

 elephant. Lord Suffield, Lord Charles Beresford, Mr. 

 Rose of the loth Hussars, and Mr. Hudson, had the 

 fun all to themselves when the riding became bad and 

 dangerous, their n>/c being to keep the tusker in view 



