SOME MORE NATIONALS, INCLUDING GLENSIDE'S 



Plum, loo/i The Miner, Fearless VII., Merry Land, 200/1 

 Foolhardy. 



Place betting — 2^ Ballyhackle, proportionate odds remainder. 



Distance, same. Time, 10 min. 19 sees. 



1914 



For the Liverpool of 1914 Mr. Bibby had no better 

 representative than Thowl Pin again. It was impos- 

 sible to be anything like hopefbl of him, though at the 

 same time it was felt that he represented quite a reason- 

 able possibility, the general opinion, however, being 

 demonstrated by the odds, 100 to 3. Covertcoat was 

 top weight with 12 st. 7 lb., having gone up 151b. from 

 the previous year, a detail which may be regarded from 

 another point of view. Though he carried 1 1 st. 6 lb. 

 when he won, owing to the withdrawal of Jerry M. he 

 had originally been set to carry no more than 10 st. 5 lb., 

 so that his advance in 1914 was a very great one. No 

 doubt it was too much, for though he stood up, and so 

 far as I could see there was no particular excuse to be 

 made for him, he finished no nearer than eighth. It 

 was not a strong field, but even admitting this, Covert- 

 coat was not the sort of horse to repeat the achievement 

 of Cloister and Manifesto. The two French horses 

 were not sent in vain, and the fancy for them could not be 

 held entirely without justification ; but the result was a 

 general surprise. It is easy to get out of one's depth 

 when talking about "class" in connection with jumpers. 



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