GREEN; YELLOW SLEEVES, BELT, AND CAP 



Still it is something to finish, especially here. Once 

 again at Ludlow for the County Steeplechase Zodiac was 

 second, this time in a field of a dozen. The race was 

 worth ^212, and naturally brought out a respectable 

 field, but it was only by a length and a half that Lord 

 Arravale, ridden by Piggott, was able to get home. 



Zodiac's only other attempt as a five-year-old was at 

 the Liverpool Autumn Meeting, when he started for 

 the Grand Sefton Steeplechase. This is an event which 

 always takes a great deal of winning. The field that 

 year included Barsac, ridden by Mr. Gwyn Saunders- 

 Davies, a horse who more than once distinguished him- 

 self in the National, having finished second to the then 

 Prince of Wales's Ambush, and in front of Manifesto, in 

 the Spring of this year. Cathal was another animal who 

 may properly be described as a Liverpool horse. He 

 also had been second for the National, having run 

 Drogheda to three lengths in 1898. He was ridden on 

 that occasion by his owner, Mr. Reginald Ward, one of 

 the keenest amateurs of his day, or, for the matter of 

 that, of any other day, and a remarkably able jockey. 

 Reggie Ward was not robust, however, a blinding snow- 

 storm probably had more effect on him than on some 

 of the tougher professionals, one of whom, Gourley, 

 was little likely to be affected by any sort of weather, 

 and he had the mount on the winner. For this Grand 

 Sefton of 1900 others well backed were Coolgardie, 

 Bloomer, who won with 12 st. 41b. in the saddle. Mill 



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