GREEN; YELLOW SLEEVES. BELT, AND CAP 



Most men would have derided the idea that Sunloch 

 was anything approaching the class requisite, indis- 

 pensable, indeed, for a Liverpool winner. Now and 

 then he had won, usually at minor meetings, but no 

 surprise would have been created if his name had been 

 found in a selling race. At Liverpool as a matter of 

 course he had bottom weight, 9 st. 7 lb., in spite of 

 which when experienced writers were dealing with the 

 event they put him amongst the rubbish, altogether out 

 of place in the great steeplechase of the season. If the 

 race had been run again I cannot believe that he would 

 have been near success. Taking advantage of his light 

 weight his jockey sent him to the front, and he was 

 allowed to retain undisputed possession of the lead, 

 doubtless for the reason that the riders behind him were 

 convinced that if he did not fall he would inevitably 

 come back to them. He kept on unflaggingly, and 

 when C. Hawkins on Trianon IIL and A. Carter on 

 Lutteur IIL went on in vigorous pursuit they were too 

 late. The first named was giving exactly 2 st., the other 

 3 St. within a pound ; and Sunloch won by eight lengths, 

 the same distance between second and third. 



Fourth place was filled by Rory O'Moore, ridden by 

 his owner Mr. Percy Whitaker. Rory O'Moore jumped 

 well and stayed well, gifts the possession of which he 

 had proved by his success in the National Hunt Steeple- 

 chase six years before. He was followed by a Sand- 

 ringham-bred son of Nunthorpe and Azeeza named 



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