132 STEEPLECHASING 



1865 



Mr. B. J. Angell's "Alcibiade," 5 yrs., 1 1 st. 4 lb. Mr. Coventry, i 

 Capt. Browne's "Hall Court," 6 yrs., 11 st. . Capt. Tempest 2 

 LordCoventry's"Emblematic,"aged, list. lolb. G. Stevens . 3 

 Twenty-three started. Betting: — 100 to 7 Alcibiade; 50 to i Hall 

 Court j 9 to 2 Emblematic. 



As nothing succeeds like success, Lord Coventry's 

 mare Emblematic, weedy though she was said to be, 

 was made favourite. In ordinary course one of the 

 competitors would have been L'Africain, but en rotite 

 for Hednesford he was twice cast in his box, and was 

 found to be so severely cut about the hips that at one 

 of the stations M. Vaillant was telegraphed for, and on 

 arriving ordered him back to his quarters. Alcibiade's 

 price was 100 to 9, but he was scarcely noticed, his 

 chance of victory being lightly esteemed, and the same 

 may certainly be said of Hall Court, who was a hunter 

 pure and simple. There was some little delay at the 

 start, but eventually the horses, with the exception of 

 Acrobat, were sent away on even terms. There were so 

 many falls and refusals that five only out of the three- 

 and-twenty starters passed the judge's box. After 

 getting over Becher's Brook the field took straggling 

 order, until at the last Alcibiade and Hall Court came 

 up the straight almost abreast of one another, Alcibiade 

 winning by a head ; Emblematic a bad third. 



The winner Alcibiade, by Cossack — Aunt Phyllis, 

 was French bred, and formerly belonged to Count 

 Lagrange. He then became the property of Captain 

 Christie, and was claimed after winning a Selling Race 

 at Epsom in 1863. He was then three years old. When 

 he belonged to Major Wombwell, Alcibiade was second 

 to The Prophet in a race at Aldershot, and when in 



