STEEPLECHASING WITHOUT TEARS. 



of complaint but it must have been a great dis- 

 appointment to him. 



His next race was the big steeplechase in France. 

 We had the same jockey, who was reckoned to be 

 the best at that time. He fell at about the first 

 fence, nearly opposite the Stands. Captain 

 Loewenstein was very annoyed, as he had advised 

 Percy Whitaker to get the best French jockey he 

 could. 



Another fine sportsman but unlucky owner who 

 tried to win the Grand National was Lord Mildmay 

 and his son Anthony. Here is a letter from him 

 just after the 1936 Grand National which shows 

 what a chancy business chasing really is ! 



Dear Bert, 



You will have seen of the disastrous experiences 

 of my son and his horse in the Grand National, 

 and you will like to know something about what 

 happened. 



Through riding, last year, a chance mount, of 

 the jumping powers of which he knew nothing, 

 over the Liverpool course, my son had the most 

 ghastly and crushing fall — broke his arm, two ribs, 

 bad concussion with such resultant shock to the 

 heart that the official doctor gave him up when he 

 was brought by ambulance to the stand. He was 

 desperately keen to ride this year, but I felt that 

 the risk of a chance mount must not be run again. 

 The one necessity was a good jumper, and such, 



