Spring 2013 Saddle Club Newsletter - Honourable Artillery Company

experience fitted him well for the role. You would think so: but he regaled us with anincident when he arrived to form an opinion on a horse and as he mounted it the saddlerotated, thus ditching him. One of the parties to the case said to the opponent, sarcastically,“So this is your professional witness!”Charlie later told us of another case in which he was involved concerning a young womanout exercising a stallion. During the journey they met, coming the other way, a party ofyoungsters led by a woman of 83 who was riding a mare that happened to be in season. Theresult was the stallion dumped its rider and mounted the mare, gripping its rider in its teeth!There was more and readers will realise that this was a most entertaining end to a joyfuloccasion. In thanking Charlie, Edwin presented him with a framed copy of the seating planas shown on the front cover of this newsletter.NATIONAL STUD AND NATIONAL HORSE RACING MUSEUM VISITWe are planning a visit to Newmarket on Saturday 2nd March for two purposes; first, tovisit the National Stud and, secondly, go on to the National Horse Racing Museum which isshowing a special exhibition, "Jewels of the Jockey Club", of paintings not normally onpublic show and includes both Gimcrack and Eclipse (Stubbs).The outline plan would be for people to travel independently and RV at the National Studat 11am. The guided tour starts at 11.15am and lasts 90 minutes. After the visit, we plan tohave a pub lunch nearby and then go on to the exhibition. Admission charges for the Studare £10 each (concession £8) with a discount for groups of 20 or more and £6.50 each(concession £5.50) for the Museum. Any members of the SC who would like to join us willbe very welcome but, if so, depending on numbers, it is necessary to book the National Studvisit in advance to ensure sufficient vehicles are available.For those without transport we will try to arrange car-sharing.Anyone interested please lets us know by phone (0208 743 6884) or emailrobert.shedden@o2.co.uk as soon as possible.9