GREEN; YELLOW SLEEVES. BELT, AND CAP 



and fell, going- on riderless, a source of danger to the 

 rest of the field. 



There was a very marked difference between the 

 Ascetic's Silver of this year and of the year before. 

 Here he was never dangerous, appearing to be beaten 

 early in the race, but Eremon was always handy, and 

 the greater credit is due to his jockey by reason of the 

 circumstance that all the way from the second fence he 

 rode without a stirrup. One of the pictures in this 

 book will show what jumping Liverpool fences really 

 means, and too much can scarcely be said in praise of a 

 jockey who compasses them successfully under this dis- 

 advantage. It also happened that Rathvale, for some 

 reason not to be guessed, seemed determined to accom- 

 pany Eremon throughout the journey, sometimes 

 galloping by his side, occasionally swerving just in front 

 of him as a fence was approached. After jumping 

 Valentine's Brook Eremon went away some twenty 

 lengths in front of Mr. H. Hardy's Tom West, who 

 was about as far in front of his follower, and it was only 

 from Tom West that danger ever threatened. Eremon 

 had the better speed, and finally disposed of Tom West 

 by half a dozen lengths, the riderless Rathvale 

 sticking to the winner past the post. It has been 

 emphasised that as a rule after winning a Liverpool a 

 horse is of small good for some months afterwards. 

 Eremon suffered so little that within ten days he won 

 the Lancashire Handicap Steeplechase at Manchester, 



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