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however. Till the last fence before the racecourse was reached, 

 Ryshworth, a chaser of the first rank with 1 1 st. 3 Ibs. on his 

 back, seemed to have all the best of it, but here he blundered 

 a little, enough to enable Mr. Richardson on Disturbance, 

 carrying n st. n Ibs., to get to his 

 head. Horsemanship did the rest. Know- 

 ing that Ryshworth was a rogue, Mr. 

 Richardson stuck 

 to him and fairly 

 wore him down. 



Sharing his leader's accident. 



The race had been regarded as a certainty for Ryshworth if he 

 only stood up. To have given 8 Ibs. to Ryshworth was a great 

 performance on the part of Disturbance, for next day Rysh- 

 worth came out again and won the Sefton Steeple-chase in a 

 canter, giving a stone to Reugny, Master Mowbray, and other 

 good animals. 



Reugny was a good sound horse, but, though he won the 

 Liverpool, was not a real stayer, and all round was inferior 

 to Disturbance. Captain Machell bought Reugny from Lord 



