GREEN; YELLOW SLEEVES, BELT, AND CAP 



Fanciful, Inquisitor, 20/1 Marpessa, Fairland, Killmallog, 

 25/1 Manifesto, Drumree, Dearslayer, 40/1 Patlander, Expert II., 

 Orange Pat, 50/1 Saxilby, loo/i Cushendun, Pawnbroker, 

 Benvenir, Gillie 11. 



Won by 3 lengths, twenty lengths between second and third, 

 and a head between third and fourth. Drumree did not com- 

 plete the course. 



Time, 10 min. 9| sees. 



1904 



One of Mr. Bibby's Liverpool horses, Comfit, came 

 on the scene this year, when, however, he was a five- 

 year-old, an age at which comparatively few animals 

 have essayed Liverpool honours. I reserve references 

 to him, and proceed to deal with the Liverpool of 1904, 

 in which Mr. Bibby came so near to accomplishing the 

 object of his ambition. At this period there can be no 

 harm in remarking the National Handicap was the result 

 of consultations between Mr. E. A. C. Topham and 

 Mr. Reggie Mainwaring. Each allotted weights and 

 on a given day posted his compilation to the other. 

 It happened that I used to see a good deal of Reggie 

 Mainwaring in those days, for we met frequently at the 

 Junior Carlton Club, and I often stayed with him for 

 Newmarket Meetings at his residence, Mesnil Warren, 

 the house now occupied by Mr. George Lambton. 

 Perhaps I may add that I sometimes published an opinion 

 of what the handicap would be in the " Illustrated 

 Sporting and Dramatic News." It seems to be generally 

 agreed that a rise of a couple of pounds, from lost. 8 lb. 



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