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Ношового Hounslow . 1926 . REMARKABLE RACE . There could hardly be a more remark able race than the Maldon Optional Selling Steeplechase at Chelmsford . There were three runners - Foxtrot , Ardeen , and French Leave . After they had all fallen the first named pair were remounted , and after Fox trot had held a six - lengths ' lead seven fur longs from home Ardeen got up to dead heat with him . Foxtrot returned to the un saddling enclosure bleeding at the nostrils , as though he had broken a blood vessel , while his owner - rider . Capt . Lumsden , limped badly and had to be attended by the course surgeon . S. Holt , the rider of French Leave , was also injured . 3.30 . - MALDON OPTIONAL SELLING ' CHASE of 94 sovs ; 3m . ARDEEN , brg by Evicted - Penryn ( Sir K Fraser ) , 9-11-7 LB Rees t FOXTROT , ch g by Light Brigade - Flora Dance ( Capt H Lumsden ) , 10-11-2 Owner t S Holt o French Leave ( Mies R Murray ) , 7-11-2 Ardeen trained by G C Poole , at Lewes , and Foxtrot by P Woodland , at Cholderton . ( Off at 3.30 . ) Starting Prices : 11 to 10 on FOXTROT , 5 to 4 agst ARDEEN , and 100 to 8 agst French Leave . The Race : Foxtrot led from Ardeen , but French Leave took up the running after going a mile and fell at the road before the water Foxtrot and brought down the other pair . was the first to be remounted , and he came into the straight clear , but Ardeen , chal lenging well , got up on the post and made a dead - heat HANDICAP 4.0 . AMATEUR RIDERS STEEPLECHASE of 167 sovs : 2nd rec 20 sovs , and 3rd 10 sovs . Two miles . TULLYLOST ch g by Melenger - Gretchen's Pet ( Mrs T Putnam ) , 7-10-7 Mr W Payne , jun 1 HAWKER , brg by Ardoon , dam by Mor ( Capt A E Grant ) . ganatie - Porzana Owner 2 12-11-11 A POTHEEN . ch g by Irishman - Germicide Mr A O Ioannou ) , 11-11-5 Capt Lumsden 3 Ghent of Old ( Major T Sobag - Montefiore ) , Major Cavenagh 4 9-12-1 Arduous ( Mr 8 Sanford ) , 9-12-7 Mr K Goode 5 Start Again ( Mr W H Whitbread ) , 8-11-10 Owner 6 Ardonian ( Major V Mosatta ) , 8-10-7 ( car 10-12 ) Capt de Wend Fenton 7 French Leave ( Miss R Murray ) , 7-11-7 Mr S Dennis 8 Bright Blue ( Mr F W Wilmot ) , 11-10-9 Mr J Misa 9 Sherston ( Sir E Tate ) , 11-11-4 Mr P Dennis o Mitchells ( Capt R Sassoon ) , 7-12-7 * Owner fell Kilbairn ( Mrs R N Willett ) , 5-11-11 " Mr G Poole fell Benjamin Cherry ( Col Hill - Dillon ) , 6-11-0 * Owner fell Tangerine IV . ( Mr T Cholmondeley ) , a - 11-6 Mr W Dutton fell Beaumonde ( Mr G D Penchey ) , 6-10-5 Mr V Jones fell Winner bred by Mr T OK White ; trained Off at 4.3 . ) by W Payne at Epsom . Sandown Park . och 1926 A marriage has been arranged between Captain Alexander McBean , 12th Royal Lancers , younger son of Mrs. McBean , of 11 , Grosvenor - gardens , S.W. , and Aileen , elder daughter of Mrs. Allen Paull , of Cold Ashton Manor , Gloucestershire . STEVENSON . - On Nov. 6 , 1926 , at Kirkton House , Carluke , COLONEL JAMES STEVENSON , C.B .. of Braid wood , J P. , late Captain , 12th Royal Lancers , and late Colonel commanding 9th Lanark Rifle Volunteers , aged 88 years . Funeral private . COLONEL JAMES STEVENSON . Colonel James Stevenson , of Braidwood , Co. Lanark , died last Saturday , his 88th birthday . The son of Nathaniel Stevenson , of Braidwood , he was educated at Rugby School , and entered the Army in 1860 , being gazetted to the 12th ( Prince of Wales ' ) Royal Lancers , in which regiment he attained the rank of captain , and retired in 1868. He was afterwards appointed to command the 9th Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers , with which corps he was associated for nearly 35 years , and which he brought to a high state of efficiency . On the re - organization of the Volunteers on a Territorial basis , he became brigadier - general commanding the Highland Light Infantry Territorial Brigade until his retirement in 1910 . In 1896 he was made a C.B. and was appointed Aide - de - Camp to Queen Victoria , later to King Edward , and finally to his present Majesty until 1918. He was a magis trate and Commissioner of Supply for Lanark shire during over half a century , and was for many years a member of the County Council and of the Upper Ward District Committee ,. besides being Convener of the Standing Joint Committee for the county . He married , in 1866 , Eliza , daughter of James Hamilton and niece and heiress of John Hamilton of Fair holm , assuming by Royal Warrant the name . of Stevenson - Hamilton . His first wife died in 1875 , and in 1879 he married Frances , daughter of Frederick Leyland of Woolton Hall , Liverpool ; she died in the following year In 1885 he married Florence , daughter of Samuel Mountford Gibbs , of Queen's - gate , London . In 1893 he reassumed , by Royal Warrant , his original name of Stevenson . Colonel Stevenson will be long missed by a wide circle of friends and acquaintances . He was a great sportsman all his life , and was reckoned until well after his 70th year to be one of the best shots in the county . younger days he was well known as a hunting man and steeplechase rider , and in 1865 he won , besides many minor events , the Grand Military Steeplechase over the Rugby course , He was riding his own horse , Glencairn . formerly , too , an amateur boxer and long distance runner of no mean ability . In his Nov : 1926 3.0 . WRITTLE OPTIONAL SELLING STEEPLECHASE of 92 sovs ; 2nd rec 5 sovs ; 3m . FOXTROT , ch g by Light Brigade - Flora Dance ( Capt II Lumsden ) , 10-11-7 Owner 1 MAXIMUS ( Mr G S L Whitelaw ) , 6-10-0 J Bisgood 2 BEN CRUCHAN ( Mr WH Whitbread ) , ... Owner 3 12-11-7 Taffytus ( Mr G M Tonge ) , 13-11-7 ( car 12-2 ) Owner 4 Fleecy Wave ( Mr B Fitch ) , 12-10-0 S Feltham 5 Shaun Or ( Mr E L Lloyd ) , 7-11-7 , T Leader ran out Winner trained by P Woodland , at Grately . ( Off at 3.1 . ) Starting Prices : 6 to 4 agst FOXTROT , 2 to 1 agst Shaun Or , 5 to 1 agst Ben Cruchan , 7 to 1 agst Fleecy Wave , and 100 to 7 each aget others . The Race : Foxtrot led from Ben Cruchan and Maximus , but at half - way Maximus went on second , with Fleecy Wave and Taffytus being a long way behind and Shaun Or hav ing run out . The leading trio took closer order at the turn , and Foxtrot and Maximus jumped the last fence practically level , but Foxtrot again went ahead on the flat , and won by a length ; eight lengths separated second and third . Fleccy Wave was last . Chelmsford . 1926 The 12th Royal Lancers going aboard the City of Marseilles.at Southampton . They are to relieve Hussars in Egypt . PRINCE AND HIS LANCERS . The Prince of Wales yesterday visited Hounslow Cavalry Barracks and bade farewell to the 12th Royal Lancers ( the Prince of Wales's ) , who are due to leave England for Egypt next Friday week to relieve the 15 / 19th Hussars . The Prince inspected the troops and addressed cheery remarks to many of those with war medals . He also wit nessed a watering parade of the horses , inspected the regimental institute and quarters , and was photographed with the sergeants of the regiment and again . with the officers . ER SOUTHAMPIDI ORCKZ . The 12th Lancers will sail from South ampton in the City of Marseilles and will be relieved at Hounslow by the 1st Royal Dragoons from Aldershot . Nov : 1926 BY An ex - Service man with two false legs bidding farewell to a sergeant of the 12th Royal Lancers ( Prince of Wales's ) during the regiment's departure from Hounslow Barracks for Egypt yesterday . A Chelsea pensioner expresses his admiration . The Regiment to embark for Egypt . 12th ROYAL LANCERS ( Prince of Wales's . ) ( En route Egypt . ] ( Depot Canterbury . ) The Plume of the Prince of Wales ; the Rising Sun ; and the Red Dragon . The Sphinx uperscribed " Egypt . " Peninsula , " Waterloo , " South Africa , 1851-2-3 , " " Sevastopol , " " Central India , " " Relief of Kimberley , " " Paardeberg , " " South Africa , 1899-1902 . " The Great War .- " Mons , " " Re treat from Mons , " " Marne , 1914 , " " Aisne , 1914 , " Messines , 1914 , " " Ypres , 1914 , '15 , " " Neuve Cha pelle , " " St. Julien , " waarde , " Arras , 1917 , " 1917 , " " Cambrai , " Somme , 1918 , " " St. Quentin , " " Lys , " " Hazebrouck , " " " Amiens , Albert , 1918 , " Hindenburg Line , " St. Quentin Canal , " Beaurevoir , " " Sambre , " " France and Flanders , 1914-18 . " Uniform , blue . Facings & Plume , scarlet . Agents Lloyds Bank , Ltd. , Cox's & King's Branch . Regimental Association . 92 , Victoria Street , London , S.W.1 . Allled Regiment of Canadian Militia . 12th Manitoba Dragoons . Brandon , Manitoba . Allied Regiment of Dominion of New Zealand . 1st New Zealand Mtd . Rifles . ( Canterbury Yeo . Cavy . ) Christchurch . " ** " Belle " Scarpe , 1917 , '18 , " LUX Mont aze Colonel - in - Chief . Col. H.R.H.The Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall , K.G. , K.T. , G.C.S.I. , G.C.M.G. , G.C.I.E. , G.C.V.O. , G.B.E. , M.C. , Col. W. G'ds . , Col. - in - Chief R.S. Fus . , 8 . Wales Bord . , D.C.L.I. , P.W.Vols . Midd'x B .. Seaforth , W. Afr . R. and R. Wilts . Yeo . , Personal A.D.C. to the King . Colonel . Birdwood , Field - Marshal Sir Wil liam R. , Bt . , G.C.B. , G.C.M.G. , K.C.S.I. , C.I.E. , D.S.O. , q.8 . 17/2/20 Lt. - Colonel . ( 1 ) . Blakiston - Houston , J. , D.S.O. , p.8.c . 6/9/23 22/12/19 Majors ( 4 ) . Charrington , H. V. S. , M.O. , p.8.0 . 14/3/23 3/6/13 Black , O. H. G. , D.S.O. , p.8.c. [ . 7/8/23 bt . It . - col . 3/6/19 5/9/23 12/10/25 Hornby , J. W. , M.C. Moore , R. S. T. WILTON'S TEA RO WILLS TEAS and Confectioner C CIGARETTES lol . Leaving Hounslow on H.M.T. " " City of Marseilles bec : 34d 1926 . Captains ( 4 ) . Spicer , S. R. F. , t . Rawnsley , J. R. O. , M.O. 10/6/20 McBean , A. A. , Adjt . McCreery , R. L. , M.B.E. , M.C. 22/1/21 5/9/23 5/9/23 Goldsmid , R. G. Lumsden , H. , M.O. Russell , H. E. Alsop , H. 20/10/24 10/8/25 12/10/25 1/1/26 Subalterns ( 13 ) . Lieutenants . Clifton - Brown , G. B. McCreery , W. S. Smith , I. F. C. Carr , W. G. Arkwright , R. H. B. Burne , E. O. , c.o. Strang , B. M. 2nd Lieutenants . Arkwright , F. G. B. Sparke , M. E. B. Hulton - Harrop , H. D. M. Browne - Clayton , W. P. Savill , K. E. Smith , K. C. C. 20/12/20 16/7/21 23/12/23 31/1/25 31/1/26 27/8/26 27/8/26 29/1/25 29/1/25 3/9/25 4/2/26 4/2/26 Kidston , G. J. Gemmell , A. S. Adjt . McBean , A. A. , capt . Q.M. Domone , W. 30/8/26 30/8/26 30/8/26 15/12/25 1/5/18 capt . 1/5/26 |
