GREEN; YELLOW SLEEVES, BELT, AND CAP 



only up 61b. in the handicap, to lost. 4 lb. The fact 

 that Peter Simple was here again seems rather to confirm 

 the idea that he could not have been the grey who had 

 done duty so long before. This year, 1851, we read of 

 some " nasty bank fences," and the doubt still remains 

 as to the distance of the race, the time occupied having 

 been one second under ten minutes. 



1852 



One item with regard to the course in 1852 is made 

 unmistakable by a letter from Lord Sefton to the 

 Editor of BelPs Life. That journal had stated that the 

 water jump opposite the stand had been made large 

 and dangerous by his lordship's instructions. Lord 

 Sefton wrote to the paper to the effect that "in the 

 constant preparation of this artificial fence the workmen 

 had gradually diminished the depth of the ditch till it 

 had become a mere splash of water, and I desired that it 

 might be restored to its former dimensions and no more. 

 The water is 13 ft. 6 inches in breadth, and more than 

 4 ft. deep. The rail is about 3 ft. high, strongly made 

 and leaning towards the water. It is a very large but 

 perfectly fair jump." Of late years the rule has run 

 that there must be " a water jump at least 1 2 ft. wide and 

 2 ft. deep, to be left open, or guarded by a fence not 

 exceeding three feet in height." The 18 inches is of 

 comparatively no importance, but if the depth was 4 ft. 

 steeply cut away on the landing side, instead of with the 



