LIVERPOOL 173 



This year the Grand National was announced as 

 being worth 1000 guineas, with 100 to the second, and 

 25 to the third. The weather was again wretched, and 

 the race was run in a downpour of rain. Lord Manners, 

 who was well known in the hunting field but who had 

 had little or no experience of steeplechasing, had some 

 time prior to the date of the race announced his intention 

 of riding his own horse, and sedulously rode gallops 

 under competent instruction ; but it was a bold under- 

 taking to ride in the chief steeplechase of the year 

 against the best cross country horsemen of the day. 

 However, Seaman, Lord Manners' horse, started fourth 

 in demand. Wild Monarch dashed away in front of 

 Eau de Vie and Cyrus, they jumping the second fence 

 in this order, but Ignition refused. At Becher's Brook 

 Eau de Vie took a clear lead, and the second time round 

 led the way into the country. At the second fence 

 Black Prince fell, and with Eau de Vie running out of the 

 course, and Mohican and The Liberator cominof down, the 

 field was reduced. Zoedone then went on with the lead 

 to the next fence where Fay came to grief, and The 

 Scot fell nearly a mile from home. The first on to the 

 race-course was Zoedone to the last flight of hurdles but 

 one, when she was beaten, leaving Cyrus in command, 

 but Seaman challenging in the last hundred yards, won, 

 after a splendid race, by a head. Zoedone was a bad 

 third. Wild Monarch fell at the third fence in the 

 country, broke his leg, and had to be destroyed. Time, 

 10 minutes 42I seconds. 



