CROSSING A DEEP RAVINE DANGEROUS TO PASS- 

 WITH 6 TO 2 ON WHITE 



CHAPTER IV 



LIVERPOOL {^continued) 



1867 



Duke of Hamilton's "Cortolvin,"aged, iist. 



13 lb J. Page . . I 



Mr. Barber's "Fan," 5 yrs., 10 st. 3 lb. . Thorpe . . 2 

 „ Studd's " Shangarry " (h.b.), aged, 10 st. 



13 lb Mr. Thomas 3 



Twenty-three started. Betting: — 100 to 6 Cortolvin ; 100 to 12 

 Fan; 100 to 7 Shangarry. 



SINCE the previous year the Duke of Hamilton had 

 purchased Lord Poulett's Cortolvin, with whom his 

 old master could never manage to win a really good 

 stake. But under his new owner the horse did better, 

 as will be seen by the above return, for he won the 



present Liverpool, the second to him being that some- 



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