i62 STEEPLECHASING 



1875 



Mr. H. Bird's " Pathfinder," aged, 10 st. 



11 lb Mr. Thomas . i 



,, S. Davis's " Dainty," aged, 11 st. . ,, Hathaway 2 



Baron Finot's "La Veine," 5 yrs., 11 st. 



12 lb „ Page . . 3 



Nineteen started. Betting : — 100 to 6 Pathfinder; 25 to i Dainty ; 



6 to I La Veine. 



The other starters were Jackal, Congress, Furley, 

 Clonave, Due de Beaufort, Laburnum, Miss Hungerford, 

 St. Aubyn, Sailor, Messager, Bar One, Sparrow, 

 Marmora, New York, Victoire, and Fleuriste. 



It was the general opinion that the Messrs. Topham 

 had made the course bigger than before, and it was said 

 that one or two of those who were partial to some of the 

 courses around London did not half like the look of 

 some of the Aintree fences. Others, however, who had 

 known Liverpool for years, averred that the fences 

 differed hardly at all from year to year. 



At the fall of the flag Sailor made the running, but 

 on going into the country the leading division were Con- 

 gress, La Veine, Marmora, Sailor, Sparrow, and Jackal. 

 Clonave and Furley refused the first fence, Messager 

 declined the second, and at the third Clonave refused 

 again, knocking over St. Aubyn, while New York also 

 declined. After Becher's Brook had been cleared Con- 

 gress was in front of La Veine, Sparrow, and Miss 

 Hungerford, and in that order they cleared Valentine's 

 Brook, after which Jackal took fourth place. On jump- 

 ing on to the race-course Victoire took up the running to 

 the bush fence, over which the leading division comprised 

 Congress, Victoire, La Veine, and Sparrow, and in this 

 order they jumped the water. Pathfinder being next. 



