GREEN; YELLOW SLEEVES, BELT, AND CAP 



winning the great race. The son of St. Damien and 

 Lausanne had naturally distinguished himself in 

 France, or it may be assumed that it would hot have 

 been thought worth while to put him to the test. He 

 had done well as a four-year-old, and prior to Liver- 

 pool, ridden by his accustomed jockey, Parfrement, 

 Yorkshire bred in spite of his name, had run away with 

 the Champion Steeplechase at Hurst Park. The dis- 

 tance was three miles and a quarter. He was meeting 

 his seniors at even weights, and started the outsider of 

 the four, the favourite being Mount Prospect's Fortune, 

 backed at 5 to 4, followed by Rustic Queen, 7 to 2, 

 with Leinster at 4 to i, Lutteur IIL 9 to 2 ; 

 and he had won without difficulty by half a dozen 

 lengths. Lutteur IIL started favourite, or rather 

 joint favourite with Mr. Nelke's Shady Girl, at 

 Aintree, but by no means a strong favourite, the price 

 being 100 to 9 ; for Parfrement adopted the forward 

 American seat, much after the fashion of the flat 

 race jockeys of that period, and there were many critics 

 who refused to believe that thus " crouching " he could 

 possibly get over the huge Liverpool fences. He did 

 so, however, without mishap, winning by a couple of 

 lengths from Judas, Caubeen, who finished third, Mason 

 as usual up, giving him 10 lb., and giving 1 1 lb. to Judas. 

 This year an exceptional number of animals completed 

 the course, though as usual falls were numerous. Those 

 who came down included Lord Chatham, Buckaway II., 



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