LIVERPOOL [31 



1864 



Lord Coventry's "Emblematic," 6 yrs., 10 st. 6 lb. G. Stevens t 



Mr. J. Astley's "Arbury," aged, 11 st. 12 lb. . . B. Land . 2 



„ Dalton's " Chester," aged, 10 st W.White. 3 



Twenty-five started. Betting : — 8 to i Emblematic ; 40 to i 

 Arbury. 



The second fence brought down Jerusalem, Satanella^ 

 and Miss Maria, the last named over-jumping herself. 

 At the water jump opposite the stand Emblematic 

 stumbled on landing ; Harry and Martha fell, while 

 Jerusalem (who had been remounted after his previous 

 fall) dropped his hind legs into the water. Some time 

 before the horses came to the straight it was evident 

 that Emblematic and Arbury were alone in the race, the 

 former eventually winning by three lengths ; Chester a 

 bad third. 



The result of this year's race was something of 

 a puzzle to many. There had been an agitation on 

 foot to cause the weights to be raised to secure a 

 better class of horse, and then came Emblematic, 

 carrying 10 st. 10 lbs., a weedy-looking mare, long on 

 the leg, with no quarters, and one which in the 

 opinion of one of the critics would not have realised 

 ^50 at Tattersall's, and carried off the great race. 

 Lord Coventry put on George Stevens ^500 to no- 

 thing, and the jockey was so well satisfied with the 

 chances of his mount that he treated himself to another 

 " three." 



