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 336 BAILY S MAGAZINB. [NOVBMBKR 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