THE LEADING AMATEUR STEEPLECHASE JOCKEYS OF THE DAY IN AN IMAGINARY RACE

THE FRAME'S SLIP IS INSCRIBED WITH THE IDENTITIES OF THE JOCKEYS AS FOLLOWS: LORD MANNERS, MR W.R. BROCKTON, MR H.H. BEASLEY, MR CHARLES J. CUNNINGHAM, LORD CHARLES INNES KER, MR E.P. WILSON, MR ARTHUR COVENTRY, CAPT. MIDDLETON, MR G. MOORE, COUNT KINSKY, MR J.E. BEASLEY, AND MR ARTHUR YATES. OF THESE, THE FOLLOWING WON THE GRAND NATIONAL: LORD MANNERS (1882), H.H. BEASLEY (1892), E.P. WILSON (1884 AND 1885), G. MOORE (1879), AND COUNT KINSKY (1883). SEVERAL WERE ALSO TRAINERS IN PARTICULAR GARRETT MOORE AND ARTHUR YATES.

THIS PICTURE IS A FASCINATING DOCUMENT OF THE STEEPLECHASING WORLD IN HIGH VICTORIAN ENGLAND. ANOTHER PAINTING BY VEAL IS KNOWN, FROM THE PRINT, TO HAVE RECORDED THE LEADING JOCKEYS OF THE FLAT.