LIVERPOOL 107 



It was during- this Warwick Hunt Cup race that The 

 Chandler made that famous jump — wonderful under any 

 circumstances — which has given rise to so much discus- 

 sion. Some said that it was thirty-nine feet ; others 

 thirty-seven, while others again gave it as less, but from 

 the best accounts the real distance seems to have been 

 thirty-seven feet. 



Ridden by Captain Peel the horse won at Windsor, 

 and then the Captain sold half of him to Captain Little, 

 by whom he was almost invariably ridden on subsequent 

 occasions. In the same year (1847) Captain Little's 

 colours — white body, black sleeves, black cap — were 

 first seen on The Chandler at Worcester. 



The Grand National of 1848, as mentioned elsewhere, 

 fell to Captain Little and The Chandler, and he ran again 

 in 1850 when his weight was 1 1 st. 3 lbs., and the field 

 numbered thirty-two — the largest on record. Less 

 fortunate, however, than in 1848, The Chandler could get 

 no further than the fence before Becher's Brook when, 

 coming into collision with Frisby on Lord Strathmore's 

 Rat-trap, both fell and were out of the race forthwith. 

 The Chandler ran on other occasions in the National 

 but was not destined to again distinguish himself. 



1849 



Mr. Mason, Junior, ns "Peter Simple," h. b., i 



aged, II St. 2 lbs Cunningham i 



Captain D'Arcy's "The Knight of Gwynne," 



aged, 10 St. 7 lbs Owner . . 2 



Mr. J. Mason's "Prince George," aged, 



10 St. 10 lbs Olliver . . 3 



Twenty-four started. The National this year was 

 at one time very like being run in bad weather, but 

 towards noon it cleared off, though it was extremely 

 cold, but the attendance was said to be larger than on 



