LIVERPOOL 77 



The race was little more than a chapter of accidents. 

 Dan O'Connell jumped off with the lead to the first 

 fence, which was a wide ditch with a bank leadinof into 

 the main road. He jumped this in beautiful style, and 

 sailed away, followed by The Disowned and Zanga, 

 while The Duke could not be induced to face a bank 

 out of the lane, and the other horses had gone on a 

 field in advance before he could be persuaded to jump. 

 He, however, soon caught up the three others, who 

 persistently refused at the bank and ditch over which 

 The Duke gave them a lead, but the others declining 

 he was six or seven fields ahead before The Disowned 

 eventually cleared the obstacle. The Duke was never, 

 of course, approached, and won in a trot by a dozen 

 lengths. Neither Dan O'Connell nor Zanga completed 

 the course, indeed the former barely completed the 

 first round. 



1838 



This year the race took place on a Monday, the 

 course being the same as in 1837, except that many of 

 the fences were cut down, while the ditch at which 

 Dan O'Connell so persistently refused was made very 

 much less formidable by the raising of the land. The 

 placed horses were : — 



Mr. McDonough's " Sir William " . Mr. Pott ... 1 



O'More's " Scamp " ,, Clarendon . 2 



Chawner's " The Duke "... Captain Becher . 3 





Betting : — 2 to i against The Duke and Sir William, 3 to i Scamp. 



The race was started at two o'clock. Scamp making 

 the running at a slow pace to the first fence where he 

 was headed by The Duke, who was soon 300 yards in 

 front. When the horses came on to the race-course for 

 the second time. Scamp began to make up a little ground. 



