GREEN; YELLOW SLEEVES, BELT, AND CAP 



of three miles and upwards, but in this respect what is 

 fair for three miles can scarcely be considered equally fair 

 over a course half as long again. There are so few 

 steeplechases of a longer distance than three miles that 

 perhaps a special scale of weights could hardly be 

 expected. I am sure, however, that the reader will see 

 my point. 



Besides Lutteur III. there was another French horse 

 in the race, Trianon III., a grey six-year-old son of 

 Champaubert, whose friends appeared to be somewhat 

 surprised, if at the same time likewise gratified, at offers 

 of loo to 3 against him. They thought his chance was 

 very much better than the price suggested, though they 

 were naturally delighted to take the odds. In an Open 

 Steeplechase at Hurst Park a little more than a week 

 before the Liverpool Spring Meeting Lutteur III. had 

 given Trianon III. lolb. and beaten him about as many 

 lengths. In the National Lutteur was set to give only 

 9 lb., but considerations of a few pounds, severely as they 

 tell in a close finish, are frequently set at naught in the 

 great 'chase, where accident and luck help so greatly to 

 victory or defeat. But the chief dangers to the favourite 

 were supposed to be Caubeen and Rathnally, the latter a 

 six-year-old who had already acquired a tremendous 

 reputation — I am not using the adjective at random. 

 Rathnally's friends were convinced that he was little 

 short of a wonder, and that he was in form was shown 

 by the fact that he had won a steeplechase with 6 to i on 



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