2-714-744 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Mr W H P Jenkins, 1911. Portrait of British amateur jockey William Henry Philips Jenkins (1842-1916) who began steeplechase riding while studying at Merton College, Oxford. To keep the secret from his tutors, he adopted the pseudonym of Peter Merton, as participating in horse racing was frowned upon. He trained racehorses in later years. From "British Sports and Sportsmen: Racing Coursing and Steeplechasing", Part II, edited by William Scarth Dixon. [1911]