Related article: bury — (Mr. J. Forster is the well-
known "Jack " Forster of boating
fame). The winner was ridden
by his brother (now Sir Charles),
who managed just to beat his
" pal " (John Hill) by a Ursodiol Tablets short head.
The Old Gentleman and Nimrod
landed over the last fence together.
The former was the fastest, the
latter the gamest. And a tre-
mendous tussle ensued. Each
thought they had won, but the
judge's decision was as stated.
The late Henry, and his brother
Albert, Brassey, were placed as
their names are written — third
and fourth.
Although these races were com-
peted for by horses with no pre-
tensions to be called racehorses,
still lessons can be learnt from
them, which although well known
by most who may read these
crude remarks, are worth con-
sideration by those who wish Buy Ursodiol
to learn. " Form " and " pace "
are two qualities connected with
steeplechasing or racing, of which
a true and correct knowledge is
more important than Ursodiol 300mg any other to
bring success to those engaging
in the occupation. Hunting form
is little guide to point-to-point
form. Point-to-point form is
again no guide to steeplechase
form. Now the horses men-
tioned in the above "Grind**
are good examples of this. The
Skinny was quite undefeated
with the drag, and was therefore
supposed to "have the legs'* of
anything else that came out with
that pack. It is, however, a very
different thing riding to a pack of
hounds (even to drag hounds)
than to ride from fence to fence
by the guidance of flags. The
quick Order Ursodiol Online eye and decision of the
rider weighs very heavily in the
balance when crossing an un-
fiagged country. A good man be-
tween the flags is not therefore
necessarily a good man to hounds,
and vice versd. Spangle, the
horse which so easily galloped
away from his field, was at once
thought to be something out of
the common. He beat only a
moderate lot, but that was never
thought of. He was bought by
Harry Bull of Christchurch, and
afterwards run for the Under-
graduate race at Aylesbury. I
was retained as his jockey, and
rode him through his training.
The day of the race came, and
after his Oxford performance he
started first favourite. I can re-
member how brilliantly he fenced,
and how he landed clean over the
15 feet of Ursodiol 300 Mg open water (a natural
brook, no artificial puddle) ; but
his " bolt was soon shot," and
after two miles he was hopelessly
beaten off, although he jumped
the course without even once put-
ting his foot wrong. Events after-
wards fully proved that he was
outclassed, and showed the folly
of estimating the merits of a
steeplechase horse without accu-
rately gauging the quality of those
he competes against. Of course,
the same may be said of all race-
horses ; but flat racing is, or rather
was at the time of which I write,
more seriously conducted than
cross-country events, and ** form'*
far better understood than Buy Ursodiol Online by the
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amateur sportsmen who fancied
they had a good steeple-horse
because he was a good hunter.
To return to the " University
Grind." A good grey four-year-
old, owned by Ford (my right-
hand man with the drag), carried
me to victory in the two-mile
steeplechase for Oxford hacks,
beating his six competitors without
difficulty. A flat race finished the
day's amusement, and which was
won by Mr. Atkinson, with myself
second, one of the competitors
in this race being W. H. Allsopp
(now Lieut-Col. the Hon.), and
well known in connection with
the Ursodiol Cost Hunter Improvement Society.
A short description of my two
horses which competed may be of
interest.
The Skinny was really a won-
derful "good bit Purchase Ursodiol of stuff." I
bought her, when five years old, a
perfect skeleton from Ford for ;f i8.
She was part of a bankrupt stock
of third-class racehorses, and had
never seen a fence. Of course
she was warranted to jump any-
thing, so we Purchase Ursodiol Online tried her over a car-
riage pole Ursodiol Price in the stable- yard. I
took her down to Shropshire, and
turned her out, and after the sum-
mer she was completely restored
and in good condition. Long ears,
ewe neck, questionable shoulders,
a very deep, big middle piece,
with capital Ursodiol 300 hind quarters and
hocks were some of her character-
istics. ** They go in all forms,"
and this she proved. I do not
think she ever made a mistake.
And after riding her two seasons
she was bought by the late Lord
Kenyon for "Tommy" de Grey,
then so called at Generic Ursodiol Cambridge, and
now Lord Walsingham.
Nimrod was a chestnut roan
with white face, silver mane and
tail, and four white legs, up to
15 stone, and a well bred one, too.
He was the best all-round hunter
I ever rode, timber, doubles, bull-
finches, gates, water and blind
ditches were all the same to him.
He was bought out of an omnibus
in Rugby, and was sold by the
well-known dealer George Painter
of Bicester to Mr. Drake ; strange
to say he was returned from the
Bicester hunt stables as useless,
he absolutely declined to jump.
George Symonds, the Oxford
dealer, bought him for ;^i7, from
whom I bought him from his good
looks. About the first day I
rode him was with the Bicester.
Hounds were running fast; a
flight of rails in a corner at the
end of a headland with rails again
at the side on the left. As he
refused, an opportune kick with a
new long-necked pair of spurs
bought on purpose (and still in
regular use) so surprised him that
he jumped the rails at the side,
and he was ** made." Old Painter
was just behind me, and saw
what happened. The next fence
was a big bullfinch, with a rail
and down Order Ursodiol hill. He never hesi-
tated, and we landed Buy Cheap Ursodiol safe. I sup-
pose he found out that he could
jump, and we Ursodiol Online learnt mutual con-
fidence and respect from that day.
Eventually I sold him at a long
figure to Mr. Duller in the North
Stafford country, whom he carried
well for several seasons. I believe
the episode of the rail and the
following fence made rather an
impression, although it only came
to me all in the day's work, as I
heard Painter tell the story some
years after, when I happened to
meet him at the famous horse fair,
Brampton Brian, on the borders
of Shropshire and Wales, where
he always attended and bought
some of his best hunters.
The following year we had things
more in order, and what we then
thought a very brilliant day's
racing was the result. On this
occasion the great excitement in
college was who would win the