GREEN; YELLOW SLEEVES, BELT, AND CAP 



clearing the fences in great style, the next moment he 

 was beaten, dropping out so suddenly that I fancied he 

 must have hit his leg or broken down. The handi- 

 cappers had always remained under the impression that 

 there were great possibilities about him, and at Gatwick 

 he had the substantial weight of 1 2 st. 5 lb., which meant 

 giving Vermouth 9 lb. He had, however, won his last 

 race. Thowl Pin, who had been under the charge of 

 Mr. F. E. Withington at Danebury, a place needless to 

 remark famous in Turf history, never greatly raised the 

 hopes of his friends. Perhaps the most remarkable 

 thing about the War National of 191 6 is that despite 

 the size of the jumps and the length of the course, 

 which would have excused horses for becoming tired 

 and so perhaps careless, only a single one of the one and 

 twenty fell. This was Stag's Head and he stood up 

 until two or three fences from home. 



1916. GATWICK. 



THE GRAND NATIONAL SUBSTITUTE, Race Course 



Association Steeplechase (Handicap) of £1150; about 



4 miles 856 yds. 



Mr. P. F. Heybourn's Vermouth, by Barca- 



daile, 6 y. list. 10 lbs. - - - J. Reardon I 



Mr. Eric Piatt's Irish Mail, a. 12 st. 5 lbs. - C. Hawkins 2 



Mr. H. C. Davey's Schoolmoney, a. 10 st. 2 lbs. A. Saxby 3 



Mr. W. W. Vivian's Jacobus, a. 12 st. - A. Newey 4 

 Sir Geo. Bullough's Denis Auburn, a. 



10 St. 7 lbs. E. Driscoll 5 



Lady Nelson's Ally Sloper, a. 1 1 st. 1 3 lbs. - Mr. J. Anthony 6 



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