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to advantage " between the flags." Amongst 

 prominent " soldier owners " are to be found 

 Captain Michael Hughes, of the 2nd Life 

 Guards; Mr. H. L. Powell, R.H.A.; Mr. G. C. 

 Wilson, R.H. Guards, who won the Grand 

 National with Father O'Flynn ; Captain Whi- 

 taker, late 5 th Fusiliers, whose plucky pur- 

 chase of Ormerod for 3000 guineas was so 

 promptly rewarded Ijy the horse winning the 

 Grand Military for him ; Mr. Baird ; Captain 

 Fen wick ; Mr. Eustace Loder, i 2 th Lancers ; 

 Captain Orr-Ewing, i6th Lancers ; and Lord 

 Shaftesbury, loth Hussars. 



Few men in recent years have been blessed 

 with two smarter steeplechase horses in a 

 very small stud than Mr. H. L. Powell, with 

 the magnificent Bloodstone and Midshipmite. 

 Horses, it is truly said, run in all shapes, and 

 whereas the last named is a plain horse, 

 although a well-made one, with rather " up- 

 setting" action in front. Bloodstone was a 

 veritable picture, and when galloping a 

 realisation of the poetry of motion. Mr. 

 Powell bought him from the ill-fated " Bay " 



