"THE LIVERPOOL" 



Captain B. Coventry, who gave an extraordinarily 

 brilliant exhibition on Alcibiade in 1865 — won in 1873 

 on Captain Machell's Disturbance, repeating his victory 

 twelve months later on the same owner's Reugny, a 

 much inferior animal. Though Reugny started favourite 

 Disturbance was again in the field, Reugny having only 

 lost. 1 2 lb. to carry, whilst Disturbance was burdened 

 with 1 2 St. 9 lb. Second to Reugny was Lord Marcus 

 Beresford's Chimney Sweep, who turned out an admir- 

 able 'chaser after having done service as his owner's 

 second charger when Lord Marcus was in the 7 th 

 Hussars. 



The old saying that a race is never lost until it is 

 won has on several occasions been strikingly confirmed 

 at Aintree. I have elsewhere told the story of the 

 National of 1876, when it was thought that Captain 

 Machell's Chandos could scarcely be beaten. Experi- 

 ence has shown that it is odds against any horse getting 

 round the two circuits of the course, and 100 to 30 

 against a favourite must be a false price. No more, 

 however, was to be had against Chandos ; but during 

 the horse's preparation another animal entered from the 

 same stable. Regal, had greatly pleased his jockey, 

 Joseph Cannon, who insisted so strongly on his chance 

 that when Captain Machell backed Chandos he told the 

 bookmakers that they " must throw in the black." 

 There was so little agreement with Joseph Cannon's 

 view of the situation that 25 to i and more was on offer 



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