SOME MORE NATIONALS, INCLUDING GLENSIDE'S 



Rustic Queen, Domino, Lurcher, the previous year's 

 winner Rubio, Davy Jones, Young Buck, Paddy Maher, 

 Count Rufiis and Red Hall ; Mattie Macgregor refused 

 in the hands of R. Morgan, Red Monk and Black Ivory 

 were pulled up, and another faller was Mr. Bibby's 

 second string Wickham a son of Childwick and Powder- 

 ham. Childwick, a son of St. Simon and Plaisanterie, 

 was the Cesarewitch winner of 1894, and notable as 

 having cost 6000 guineas as a yearling, which was at 

 that time the record price. Wickham cost only a 

 hundred, which he handsomely repaid, winning amongst 

 other races the Grand International Steeplechase at 

 Sandown. Another faller who may be mentioned was 

 Mr. H. G. Farrant's Red Hall, who had finished sixth 

 the previous year. Mr. Farrant was one of the rare 

 instances of a man who became an extremely good rider 

 after taking to the saddle comparatively late in life. He 

 was I believe tutor in the family of Mr. Albert Brassey, 

 and was rather chaffed for his inability to ride, which was 

 the more noticeable in view of the circumstance that Mr. 

 Brassey was for many years Master of the Heythrop 

 Hounds. Mr. Farrant therefore repaired the omission, 

 with such success that on Red Hall he won the National 

 Hunt Steeplechase of 1907 in a field of twenty-seven. 



1909. GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE (Handicap) 



of £2400 ; about 4 miles 856 yds, 

 M. J. Hennessy's ch.h. Lutteur HI., by St. 



Damien, 5 y. 10 st. nibs. - - G. Parfrement i 



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