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weights varied from 12 st. 10 lbs. to 11 St., and the 

 placed horses were : — 



Lord Chesterfield ns "Vanguard" (h. b.), i ist. 10 lbs. Olliver . i 



Mr. Mares's "Nimrod," II St Scott . 2 



,, Holman ns " Dragsman " (h. b.), 1 1 st. 3 lbs. . Crickmere 3 



Peter Simple was favourite at 3 to i, Vanguard started 

 at 100 to 5, Nimrod and Dragsman at 15 to i each. 

 From the hurdles there was a good race, which ended in 

 favour of Vanguard by two lengths, with half a length 

 between second and third ; Claude Duval was fourth, 

 Goblin fifth, Bucephalus sixth, and Lottery seventh. 

 Mr. Moore, who rode Tinderbox, broke his collar-bone 

 through his horse falling, and the stone wall, though of 

 less height than formerly, was restored to the course. 

 Lord Edward Russell's Lather was intended to have 

 been one of the starters, and to that end was entrained 

 in a horse-box on the Birmingham line. Horses, how- 

 ever, were not so familiar with railway travelling then, 

 probably, as they are now, and although two attendants 

 accompanied him on the journey, the noise and motion 

 of the train so frightened Lather, that he injured himself 

 in his struggles, and it was found necessary to leave 

 him behind. 



1844 



The starters numbered nineteen, and it is a circum- 

 stance worthy of note that not a single horse fell during 

 the race : — 



Mr. Quartermaine's "Discount," 10 st. 12 lb. Crickmere . i 



,, S. Craufurd's "The Returned," 12 st. . Scott. . . 2 



SirT. H. Goodrickens "TomTug," lost. 7 lb. Rackley . . 3 



Those connected with Tom Tug regarded the race 

 as being almost a certainty for him. The directions 

 given to his jockey were to wait until about a quarter of 



