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from him a declaration that the mare was by Hit or 

 Miss out of a hah'-bred mare. He named her English 

 Lass and won some steeplechases with her. In 1852 she 

 bred Abd-el-Kader who was by Ishmael. Abd-el-Kader, 

 or the " Little Ab," as his owner used to call him, 

 proved such a savage that he was "added to the list," 

 and did not recover from the operation for more than 

 two years, while he also met with another accident which 

 nearly put an end to his hunting and steeplechasing 

 career. Notwithstanding these occurrences, however, he 

 turned out to be an extraordinarily fine and bold fencer, 

 and he was only a little one standing under 15 hands 2 in. 

 He ran a good deal in Ireland, and like Brunette 

 ran his first steeplechase on an English race-course at 

 Worcester, while besides his dual win at Liverpool he 

 was victorious in a good many other steeplechases in 

 this country. 



1851 



Mr. J. Osborne's "Abd-el-Kader," aged, 



10 St. 4 lb T. Abbott I 



,, C. Higgins's " Maria Day," aged, lost. 5 lb. Frisby . . 2 



Lord Waterford's "Sir John," aged, 11 st. 12 lb. Ryan . . 3 



Twenty-one started. On this occasion the field 

 dropped from thirty-two to twenty-one, and one cannot 

 help regretting that some complaints were made as to 

 the market operations, which led to the withdrawal of 

 The Young 'un and Rescue, as well as with the running 

 of Peter Simple. The latter was reported to have been 

 sold on the previous Monday (the race was run on 

 Wednesday). Abd-el-Kader was the property of Mr. 

 Joseph Osborne, the compiler and proprietor of " The 

 Horse-breeder's Handbook" and "The Steeplechase 

 Calendar," which preceded the official publication, and 

 he did much work for Bell's Life. 



