"THE LIVERPOOL" 



round the previous year. Mr. Villebois' Jerry took the 

 prize, ridden by Mr. Bretherton. 



1841 

 One result of the accident in 1840 was the abolition 

 of the wall, and Lottery in 1841 started favourite at 

 5 to 2. A suspicion existed that the conditions of the 

 race had been framed for the purpose of stopping Mr. 

 Elmore's great jumper, for the winner of the Chelten- 

 ham Steeplechase, which Lottery had taken the previous 

 season, was set to carry a penalty of 18 lb. This made 

 the horse's weight i3st. 4 lb., and Jim Mason pulled 

 him up when he found that the state of the case was 

 hopeless. This year, 1841, the time is given as 

 13 mins. 25 seconds, occupied by Lord Craven's 

 Charity. A certain amount of suspicion always attaches 

 to the times of races at that period and for a great many 

 years afterwards, it being suspected that the attempts 

 were casually made by unaccustomed timists with 

 ordinary watches upon which dependence could not be 



placed. 



1842 



Again in 1842 Lottery was favourite, and again he 

 had the 1 8 lb. penalty, all the other fourteen runners 

 carrying 1 2 st. This was to be the first of Tom Oliver's 

 wins, which he accomplished on Gaylad, Mr. Elmore's 

 second string. Lottery was again pulled up, and Peter 

 Simple would, it is said, in all probability have won but 



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