... now has a flourishing riding school at Hexham in Northumberland, in which he is being assisted by his ex-jockey son Ted (named after his huntsman uncle). Though Jack admits to feeling lost without hounds now that fox catching has begun again, he will hunt ...

... mud as he had done at Liverpool and won from that great enthusiast Sir Peter Grant Lawson on his own horse Sir Troops, named after the greatest Clerk of the Course of my time, Colonel Sir Gordon Carter. Rebel Soldier, who won the United Ser vices' St ...

... called the saintly breed, how ever, because they deserve to be canonised, but simply on account of the fact that they are named after St. Bernard of Menthon, who founded the Hospice on the summit of the great St. Bernard Pass, some time in the eleventh century ...

... P. D. Marrian, Huntsman J. C. Best, Captain of Cricket; G. M. Thornycroft, Captain of Football and Fives ALINGTON HALL: Named after Dr. Cyril Alington, who resigned the headmaster ship of Shrewsbury for that of Eton, was opened in 1910. It combines the ...

... y expected to win the Chesterfield Handicap, for which he started at odds on. However, he was beaten by R. B. Bennett, named after a Canadian Prime Minister. Perhaps he knew of the visit of such famous men for the Silver Jubilee and so won To make matters ...

... greatest. It is worthy of mention, however, that rumour has it that in the West Indies a great variety of objects were named after him. ...

... Other useful amateur riders who had mounts during the week were Mr. Peter Herhert, Mr. Lambton surely a race could be named after his father, a great rider Mr. W. Currie, Mr. Walwyn, and Lord Nunburnholme. [Continued overleaf) THE EVENING MEETING AT ...

... of them. Lady Houston's horses are trained by S. Darling at Newmarket. She used to own that good horse, R. B. Bennett, named after the Canadian Prime Minister Diana Buttercup was a very good two- year-old but until this meeting she had been a disappointing ...

... Galopin was, perhaps, too short to be a perfect beauty, and later he became so fat that he resembled a shooting cob. i. Named after the hero of Edna Lyell's well-known novel, which I happened to be reading at the time. Without a doubt he had been a very ...

... bridgeshire with 7 st. 3 lb. Miss Clayton used to lease j Volcanius when he was win ning she now leases Flaxley j Tom, who is named after Tom Coulthwaite, who trains at Flaxley Heath and who, in spite of his age, is wonderfully fit and active. When he I chooses ...

... she was a racehorse. Concordat won all the way and is one of the best Coronachs that I have seen. The John Porter Stakes, named after the great trainer to whom this meeting is due, was worth nearly two thousand pounds to the winner. It was closed as long ...

... race on the second afternoon, for when the market on the event, the Cestrian Selling Plate, opened, Mr. Cupid, who is not named after his trainer, was an even- money favourite. Ridden by Marshall, who rides more first race winners than any other rider, Mr ...