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the Welter a short time before the untimely death of that jockey. 

 The Baldoyle Derby he won with Primrose League and Grecian Bend. 

 At Liverpool he won two Welters on Primrose League and Words- 

 worth. 



I don't think his brothers will object to my doing so, or perhaps 

 disagree with me, when I state as my opinion Tommy is the most 

 finished jockey of the family. He can ride a tive-furlong race as 

 skilfully as any professional, while Tom Oliver in his best day could 

 not give him 3lb. in a Grand National. It is well known that he rode 

 for the latter with as cool a head as he would in a spin for a tenner. 



Like his friend Mr. Garret Moore, he has been singularly lucky in 

 escaping bad falls. The only one I remember his suffering from was 

 that given him many years ago by Alhambra at the Curraghmore 

 meeting, while his worst fall was when he broke his leg riding from the 

 post-office across the Curragh. No doubt both hB and Mr. Moore 

 rode as a rule only well-schooled horses, but had it not been for that 

 cool, steady nerve, which was the peculiar characteristic of these 

 two gentlemen, a very different result would have been the case. 



Besides his brilliancy as a horseman with the silk on, Tommys 

 Beasley is a tip-top man in scarlet, a combination very rarely met 

 with. Moreover, he is a crack shot and a skilful fisherman. 



The second brother is Harry, and while I doubt that he could ride 

 a short race on the flat or finish up the straight after a long steeple 

 chase in the same style as his elder brother, on a rough mount he 

 certainly is the better man ; in fact, I never saw anyone who could 

 handle an awkward horse in a steeplechase in such style as Harry 

 Beasley. It may be said of him as truly as it was some years ago of 

 Mr. Tom Pickernel, that " he can ride any horse at any fence at any 

 pace." 



He has ridden more in public than his elder brother, and con- 

 sequently has won more races. Over Punchestown he won oftener 

 than any man recorded in its annals. I forget how many Conyngham 

 Gups are to his credit, but on Seaman, Frigate, and on Comeaway 

 twice were some of the wins. The Sefton Steeplechase at Liverpool 

 he has won oftener than any other jockey, carrying it off in 1879, 

 '80, '81, '83, and '85. He won the Grand National in 1891 on Comeaway, 

 and was second three times and third once out of thirteen mounts, 

 so his record is little short of Tom's. At Paris he won the 

 Grand Hurdle Race in 1881 on Seaman, and was second for it on Turco 

 and Mohican the year before and year after. For the Grand Steeple- 

 chase he was third on Mohican in 1882, when his brother won with 

 Whisper Low, and he won that race in '83 with Too Good, and again in 

 1890 with Royal Meath. Other important events all over the kingdom 

 he is bracketed with. 



He also is a good shot and a fine fisherman. He owes his start 

 in life as a gentleman rider to Mr. Linde, but for whom he might 

 never have been heard of except in commercial circles. 



