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Percy, Derry, and The Duke were slightly in ad- 

 vance of the others at the start, and at the first fence, 

 that out of the lane, all the horses refused, but Captain 

 Becher, on The Duke, was the first over, and on passing 

 the stand the first time the Captain was still leading, 

 followed by The Baronet and Laurie Todd, but in cross- 

 ing the lane Mr. Powell brought up the last named, 

 who ran to the last fence into the course about half a 

 length behind The Duke. There seems to have been 

 in the line a gate which was to have been left open, 

 and through it Mr. Powell on Laurie Todd was in the 

 act of riding when it was suddenly shut by some one 

 interested in another horse, as it was afterwards proved, 

 both horse and rider coming to the ground with great 

 violence, and just as Mr. Powell was rising from the 

 ground he was struck by the hoofs of Cock-a-hoop. 

 Polyanthus then drew up to The Duke, the pair jumping 

 the two last flights of hurdles nearly side by side. The 

 Duke winning by a length after a good race. 



The second race was 5 sovereigns each with 20 

 sovereigns added. Three miles, gentlemen riders. 



The six starters were : — 



Mr. Speed's " Peacemaker "... Mr. Tempest . 

 ,, Webster's " Ironsides "... Captain Becher 



,, Lucas's " Beppo " Mr. Bretherton 



„ Higgs's " Little Black Diamond " ., Patrick . . 

 ., Oswald's " Tom Thumb " . . ,, Denston 

 ,, Whaley's "Solicitor" .... Owner . . . 



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Ironsides, Peacemaker, and Beppo were the favourites. 

 Peacemaker appears to have led all the way and to have 

 won by not very much ; but if Captain Becher's horse 

 had not fallen on the flat early in the race, the result 

 might have been different. The Captain, however, was 

 the popular jockey, and there was some little hero 

 worship in the apologetic sentence in the short report 



