LIVERPOOL III 



Fortunately there were no more than three or four 

 falls, but the rider of Hope broke his stirrup-leather, 

 and had to stop. It appears to have been a terrific 

 race all through, Abd-el-Kader, Tipperary Boy, Sir 

 John, and Maria Day being all of a cluster for some- 

 thing like a mile. On jumping into the course at the 

 finish Maria Day challenged Tipperary Boy and both 

 hit the hurdles rather hard. Tipperary Boy then 

 dropped back a little and Abd-el-Kader took a slight 

 lead of Maria Day. They galloped almost neck and 

 neck to the winning-post, where the judge's decision 

 was that the " Little Ab" had won by half a neck. 



1852 



Mr. Mason's " Miss Mowbray," aged, 



10 St. 4 lb Mr. Goodman . i 



,, Cartwright's " Maurice Daly," aged, 



9 St. 6 lb . . Boyce ... 2 



„ Barnett's "Sir Peter Laurie," aged, 



1 1 St. 2 lb Holman ... 3 



Such old friends as Abd-el-Kader, Sir John, and 

 Peter Simple were among the twenty-four competitors, 

 and although, as will be seen presently, Peter Simple 

 had by no means finished his victorious career, he was 

 not on this occasion destined to be successful. The 

 "Little Ab" took up the running, after a couple of 

 fences, and cleared Becher's Brook in advance of his 

 horses, but fell a little later on, and then Chieftain went 

 to the front. On nearing the entrance to the course. 

 Miss Mowbray, followed by La Gazza Ladra, Maurice 

 Daly, and Sir Peter Laurie closed on Chieftain, and 

 Miss Mowbray getting her head In front at the distance 

 won by a clear length. There were several falls, and 

 the race was accomplished in very fast time, 9 minutes 

 58^ seconds. Miss Mowbray's previous career had 



