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Arthur, the wiuner of the Grand Military 

 at Rugby seven and twenty years ago. The 

 army can also claim such " good men and 

 true" in the present day as Major E. R. 

 Owen ; Sir Cuthbert Slade, who has steered 

 Captain Michael Hughes's Alsop in most of 

 his successful races ; Major Fisher ; Captain 

 Bewicke (who, if the racing reports are to 

 be believed, is " Captain " one day and " Mr." 

 the next!); Mr. Beevor, R.A.; C^aptain Walter 

 Beevor, Scots Guards, who at one time trained 

 and rode for Mr. Harry MacCalmont, M.P., the 

 owner of Isinglass ; Mr. F. B. Atkinson, late 

 5th Lancers ; Major Crawley, who rode this 

 year's Grand Military winner, Mr. Eustace 

 Loder's Field Marshal, a rare good-looking 

 horse, with a crest like a stallion's — Field 

 Marshal, by the way, came past the post 

 second, Athlumney galloping in ahead. Un- 

 fortunately, however, for Mr. Lawson the 

 horse forgot to bring his jockey home with 

 him. Captains Ricardo, Barry, Yardley, and 

 Paynter, JMajor Carter, Captain Ferrar, and 

 Mr. Murray- Threipland have all been seen 



