As cavalry officer, hunting horseman, coach proprietor, whip, and steeplechase-rider, the author has had long and various experience in the management of horses, and he now gives us the cream of his information.
"Cattle and Cattle-breeders"
William M'Combie
If it were not for the introduction of a delightful drawing by Leech, I should take no note of a "steeplechase," in which Mr. Sponge comes before us for the last time.
"John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1"
William Powell Frith
Then towards the spring, before the grass begins to grow long, comes the local steeplechase-perhaps the most popular gathering of the year.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies