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not far off, where, in consequence of his injuries he had 

 to remain for an hour, so he was not within four fields of 

 the finish when The Chandler passed the post. He wore 

 the same colours (red jacket and black cap) as Allensby 

 who was on Blue Pill, and Broome had betted 5000 to 5 

 that this was the winner, but Blue Pill broke down in 

 the second round, breaking his leg as already mentioned. 



At this time Mr. Etty appears to have been one of 

 the ruling spirits of the Liverpool races, and on his 

 dying, Mr. E. W. Topham, of Chester, became lessee, 

 the first step in the new management being the insti- 

 tution of an autumn meeting at which the Autumn 

 Liverpool Steeplechase of 20 sovereigns each with 100 

 added was the chief event. There were forty-six 

 subscribers, ten runners, and the winner was Mr. J. 

 Henderson's The Doctor, ridden by Tom Olliver. The 

 statement concerning the death of Mr. Etty and the 

 succession of Mr. Topham looks as though the former 

 scheme of a company had fallen through. It may be 

 mentioned that The Chandler, who at the time of the 

 race was the joint property of Captains W. Peel and 

 Little, brought in his owners and one or two others 

 between ^6000 and ^7000. 



Captain Joseph Lockhart Little was born in 1821 

 at Chipstead, near Redhill, Surrey, where his family 

 had long been located. He was known as "Josey" 

 Little and the " Little Captain," and until the year 

 1848 served in the King's Dragoon Guards, but in that 

 year he exchanged into the 8ist Foot in consequence 

 of the failure of the bank in which all his money was 

 deposited. Captain Little was at Worcester when he 

 heard of the bank's collapse, and when mounted on The 

 Chandler, on leaving the saddling enclosure, Davies " the 

 Leviathan" said, " Twenty ponies against your horse The 

 Chandler, Captain," to which the Captain at once replied, 

 " Put it down, Davies," and in a few minutes found 



