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Templar (the favourite) and Croesus were withdrawn. 

 The start did not take place until shortly after four 

 o'clock, the race ending : — 



Mr. W. S. Craufurd ns " Cure- All," 1 1 st. 5 lb. Loft . . i 



,, Thornton's "Peter Simple," 11 st. 12 lb. Frisby . 2 



Captain Boyd's "The Exquisite," 11 st. . . Byrne . 3 



Mr. Blackburn ns "Tom Tug," 10 st. 2 lb. . Crickmere 4 



There were fifteen starters ; but the winner was ap- 

 parently an outsider, as he was not mentioned in the 

 betting. Vanguard was favourite (in the absence of 

 Knight Templar) at 4 to i ; Peter Simple started at 

 10 to I, and Tom Tug at 15 to i. The four placed 

 horses ran a good race home, Cure-Ail winning cleverly 

 at last by a couple of lengths. 



Clansman fell at the brook opposite the grand stand 

 and broke his back. The winner, who was an unknown 

 horse, had been purchased a few months previously in 

 Northamptonshire for 50 sovereigns, and is described as 

 "a short-legged, compact, strong, and rather coarse- 

 looking animal," who from the roundness of his shape 

 looked fat and out of condition. His owner, Mr. Loft, 

 resided in Lincolnshire and a few seasons previously had 

 ridden the steeplechasers Peter Simple and Creeper. 



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The race was a complete surprise to every one. 

 Nobody gave a thought to Pioneer's chance, and neither 

 his owner nor jockey fancied him at all. Pioneer looked 

 rouQrh in his coat and out of condition, while critics 

 found such fault with his action as to declare that 

 Pioneer stood no more chance than did a donkey, yet 

 this despised horse, a half-brother to Vanguard, won 

 almost in a walk. 



Twenty-two horses went to the post, and, as was 



