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therefore bore his iS lbs. extra, which he carried well 

 over a great portion of the four-mile course. The race 

 ended thus : — 



Mr. Darcy's " Gaylad " T. Olliver . i 



,, Powell's " Seventy-Four " Owner . . 2 



„ Price's " Peter Simple " Mr. Hunter 3 



,, W. J. Johnstone's "The Returned" . Owner . . 4 



The betting made Lottery favourite at 5 to i, while 

 Gaylad, who at one time stood at 5 to i, went back to 

 7 to 1 ; but the betting is given in such a curiously 

 muddled fashion, that it is difficult to make out exactly 

 the true state of the market. 



Owing to the falling at the first formidable jump of 

 Banathlath, Consul, and Anonymous, Peter Simple and 

 Lottery were left with the lead, which they kept for a 

 long distance. Bangalore coming down heavily at the 

 second brook. At the end of the first round thirteen 

 horses only, led by Columbine, were standing up, and 

 of these Satirist was shortly afterwards pulled up. Sam 

 Weller came down during the second round, and Lottery 

 was pulled up. Seventy-Four led over the last hurdles, 

 at which point it was anybody's race. Gaylad, how- 

 ever, gradually wore down Seventy-Four, and won by 

 three lengths. 



1843 



For the first time we find the word " National " 

 introduced into the title of the race, which this year 

 figured as the " Liverpool and National Steeplechase," 

 while, as poor old Lottery no longer appeared capable of 

 holding his own in the best company, the conditions were 

 so far altered that winners from the time of declar- 

 ing were to carry 5 lbs. extra. This year, too, the race 

 became a handicap. There were sixteen starters ; the 



