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SERGEANT MURPHY TRAINING Sergeant Murphy, although in his fourteenth year, is still a force to be reckoned with, but fate has decreed that Captain Ben-net, who understood the old fellow so well, and steered him successfully over the Aintreo country, will never again witch the world with noble horsemanship. Death, however, comes to all of us soon or late?nd is invariably sad. but when the victimlfe a young man at the height of his powers tjie loss to the world is infinitely greater. Still"Tubby" Bennet would not have wished to end his days in any other way. He was ardently looking forward to his ride on the Sergeant at Aintree next March, and one hopes that "the old horso" will stand another preparation, but advanced age and more weight will probably bar the way to success, though tha old fellow will doubtless want a lot of rhak-ing off. A similar remark applies to Shaun Spadah.
