GREEN; YELLOW SLEEVES, BELT, AND CAP 



Capt. F. D. Grissell's Sir Halbert, a. 



10 St. 2 lbs. B. Ellis 



Mr. D'Arcy Edwardes' An der Wien, 6 y. 



10 St. 1 lb. McCormack 



Mr. W. B. Parr's Fleeting Peace, a. 



10 St. I lb. Capt. 0. Butler - 



Col. Williamson's Ragged Robin, 5 y. lO st. A. Hogan 

 Mr. J. C. Munro's Volvanstown, 6 y. 10 st. G. Lyall 



Winner trained by Captain R. W. Collis. 



7/i Great Cross, 8/i Dark Collar, 9/1 Fleeting Peace, lo/i 

 Hugomart, Celerity, Simon the Lepper, I2i/i Roman Candle, 

 Wilkinstown, 100/6 others. 



Won by 5 lengths, 4 lengths between second and third. 

 Time, 7 min. 35 sees. 



The Great Lancashire Steeplechase. 



After the Liverpool the most valuable steeplechase 

 contested in England — if not the one which signifies 

 most — has for a good many years past been the Great 

 Lancashire, the principal feature of the Easter Monday 

 fixture at Manchester. Until 1901 this was a ^1000 

 stake, which with deductions for second and third meant 

 that it yielded a little over ;^8oo to the winner ; 

 but in 1902 the value was raised to ^2000, and was 

 won by a grand 'chaser named Roman Oak, who had 

 been second twelve months previously. The distance 

 of the Lancashire Steeplechase is three miles and a half, 

 but apart from the fact that this is a mile shorter than 

 the National and that this additional mile makes such a 



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