LIVERPOOL 109 



1850 



Mr. Osborne's '• Abd-el-Kader," aged, 9 st. 12 lb. . Green i 

 ,, J. Fort's "The Knight of Gwynne," aged, 



1 1 St. 8 lb Wynne 2 



Lord Waterford's " Sir John," aged, 11 st. 8 lb. . J. Ryan 3 



Thirty-two started. The race of this year again saw 

 The Chandler among the competitors, and The Knight 

 of Gwynne (this time run in Mr. Fort's name and ridden 

 by Wynne) was second as in the previous year, while 

 the field, as mentioned above, numbered no fewer than 

 thirty-two, and perhaps a finer lot of horses were never 

 seen competing in one race. In the rush which sur- 

 rounded the start, Daly, who was on Lord George 

 Kennedy's Spring Buck, was driven on to the post, and 

 fractured his leg, and Mr. Murphy's The Oaks, ridden by 

 Canavan, rolled over at the first fence, while at the brook 

 Rat-trap and Rainbow fell, the rider of the latter being 

 much hurt. On enterine the course for the second time, 

 little Abd-el-Kader rushed to the front, followed by The 

 Knight of Gwynne, Sir John, and Peter Simple, but the 

 "Little Ab" as he was called, held his own, and won a 

 good race by a length, the distance given in the condi- 

 tions as 4 miles 406 yards being run it is said in 9 

 minutes 57I seconds. The winner this year, as on 

 other occasions, had to pay 20 sovereigns towards the 

 expenses. 



The history of Abd-el-Kader is somewhat curious. 

 Mr. Joseph Osborne, of Dardistown Castle, near Drog- 

 heda, was one day journeying from London to Holyhead 

 on his way back to Ireland, when he found himself on 

 the Shrewsbury Hirondelle coach, and during the last 

 stage he was very much taken with the near leader, a 

 good-looking brown mare. He eventually bought her 

 for 50 guineas, discovered her breeder, and obtained 



