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CHAPTER III 



LIVERPOOL 



Flat races at Aintree, 73. Steeplechasing introduced, 73. The two 1836 

 steeplechases, 74, 75. Apology for Captain Becher's defeat, 75. Dan 

 O'Connell in the 1837 race, 76. The 1838 race, 77. The Liverpool meet- 

 ing turned into a company, 78. The first Grand National at Aintree, 

 79. Other races, 82. Tom Olliver, 82. His amusing law case, 85. The 

 1840 steeplechase, 87. Accident to Barker, 88. Defeat of Lottery, 88. 

 Alterations to the course, 89. The steeplechaser Jerry, 89, 90. The 

 steeplechases in the forties, 90, 96. The [mare Brunette, 97, 100. 

 Alan McDonough, 98. The steeplechaser Sir William, 99. The 1848 

 race, loi. Johnny Broome the pugilist as jockey, 102. Alterations in the 

 management, 103. The steeplechaser Chandler, 103. Captain Little, 

 103. And Captain Peel, 103, 105. Accidents in the 1849 race, 108. 

 Abd-el-Kader, winner of the 1850 and 1851 races. Miss Mowbray, 

 winner of the 1852 steeplechase, 1 1 1, 112. Scratching of Miss Mowbray 

 and Abd-el-Kader, 114. End of the steeplechaser Bourton, 116. 

 The steeplechases in the fifties, 1 17-125. The Archers, 120. Death of 

 James Wynne, 126. A critic on the fences, 127. The 1863 race, 128. 

 The steeplechaser Emblem, 129, 130. The steeplechases in the sixties, 

 131-134- 



CHAPTER IV 



LIVERPOOL {continued) 



Continuation of the Grand National steeplechases, 137. "Mr. Edwards" 

 (Mr. George Ede), 140-142. Jockey summoned for cruelty, 146. 

 The steeplechaser The Colonel, 146. George Stevens, 146-149. Mr. 

 Topham's alterations, 151. Lord Poulett's dream, 151. Sketch of his 

 life, 1 51-153. Ben Land, 153. The Lamb, 154-156. The steeple- 

 chases in the seventies, 156-167. Mr. J. Maunsell Richardson, 160, 

 161. The Liberator, 168. The later steeplechases, 169-199. The 

 steeplechaser Empress, 170. The Empress of Austria present, 172. 

 Death of the Duke of Albany, 175. Alteration in the course in 

 1888, 182. 



CHAPTER V 



THE GRAND NATIONAL HUNT STEEPLECHASE 



Supposed decadence of steeplechasing, 197. Attempts at its resuscitation, 

 198. Mr. Fothergill Rowlands, 198. Experimental Market Harborough 

 steeplechase for hunters, 198. First Grand National Hunt Steeple- 

 chase at Market Harborough, 199. Mr. Angell, 200. The two 1861 



