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Aintree ; and what made Voluptuary's Grand National 

 victory all the more creditable was that, as above 

 mentioned, he had never before jumped a country in 

 public. 



1885 



Mr. A. Cooper's " Roquefort," 6 yrs., 



1 1 St Mr. E. P. Wilson i 



„ M. A. Maher's "Frigate," aged, 



II St. 10 lb „ H. Beasley . 2 



Capt. Machell's " Black Prince," aged, 



10 St. 5 lb T. Skelton . . 3 



Nineteen started. Betting: — 100 to 30 Roquefort; 7 to i Frigate; 

 33 to I Black Prince. 



Redpath, Zoedone, Lioness, Kilworth, Jolly Sir 

 John, Candahar, Belmont, Albert Cecil, Lang Syne, 

 Ben More, Axminster, Red Hussar, Dog Fox, Down- 

 patrick. Gamecock, and Harlequin were the other starters, 

 this being the largest field since Regal beat eighteen 

 others in 1876. 



At the preliminary hurdle Zoedone came down 

 heavily, rolling over Count Kinsky, who, though some- 

 what shaken by his fall, remounted and took part in 

 the race. 



There was one break away in which Gamecock ran 

 some distance. The flag, however, fell at the next 

 attempt to a good start. Black Prince being the first 

 to go to the front, but at the first obstacle Dog Fox 

 took up the running, while Harlequin refused the fence. 

 Dog Fox resigned the lead at the next obstacle to 

 Black Prince, Roquefort then going on second. At 

 the third fence in the country Kilworth fell, and after 

 jumping Becher's Brook, Downpatrick took up the 

 running. 



Along the canal side Albert Cecil joined the leader 



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