GREEN; YELLOW SLEEVES. BELT. AND CAP 



A month later he beat Comfit as aforesaid, giving him 

 moreover i61b. and winning in a canter by ten lengths. 

 At Hurst Park a fortnight afterwards as already noted he 

 ran away from Desert Chief and Kirkland. At Sandown 

 he won the Liverpool Trial 'Chase at his ease, and some 

 fortnight prior to the Liverpool an Open 'Chase at 

 Hurst Park. His friends declared that he was just as 

 good over four miles and a half with all the big fences as 

 over a galloping course of two miles with little to jump, 

 the consequence being that no more than 7 to 2 was on 

 offer against him for the Liverpool, unjustifiable odds, 

 for as a matter of fact it is quite 7 to 2 against any 

 horse getting safely round the two circuits of the course. 

 Comfit, ridden by F. Mason, shared second favouritism 

 with Phil May and Timothy Titus, the last named a 

 well bred son of Timothy who won the Ascot Cup of 

 1888. Timothy Titus was expected to win several 

 Liverpools. He had looked to have a chance until close 

 home the previous season. 



Comfit in reports of the race is charged with the 

 responsibility of a false start, but at a second attempt the 

 three and twenty were sent on their way, the usual 

 results marking their journey, Mr. T. Clyde's Dathi, 

 ridden by Moifaa's jockey Birch fell at the second 

 fence, at Becher's Brook Prince Hatzfeldt's second 

 string. Hard to Find, Mr. J. Bell-Irving's St. Boswells, 

 and Lord. Sefton's Canter Home, followed the example, 

 and at the Canal Turn a shout proclaimed that the 



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