Foreign Devil Riders
Foreign Devil Riders

Summary/Abstract: In 1899 one of England’s leading steeplechase jockeys, George Williamson, won the Grand National at Aintree. At that time it was customary for the owners, trainers and jockeys to spend the evening following the race in Liverpool, celebrating in the city’s hotels and bars, but Williamson did not do this. Immediately the race was over he caught the train for London and from there the overnight boat train for the Continent. By the Sunday he had reached Prague where he won the principal steeplechase of the day as well as finishing third in a flat race. He then travelled on to Budapest, winning the Hungarian Grand Steeplechase the following day, and by the end of the week he was in Turkey, winning a race there worth £2,000. [...]

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