LIVERPOOL 189 



Wild Man from Borneo took up the running two fences 

 from home and for a short distance looked like winning, 

 but Why Not ultimately made his way to the front and 

 won by a length and a half, a head only dividing second and 

 third. The time was 9 minutes 42-I seconds. Carrolls- 

 town dropped dead in the paddock immediately after 

 his jockey had dismounted. Why Not was bought by 

 his owner before the last year's race for ^3000. 



1895 



Mr. Jno. Widger's "Wild Man from 



Borneo," aged, 10 st. 11 lb. . . Mr. Jos. Widger i 

 „ F. B. Atkinson's " Cathal," 6 yrs., 



10 St. 9 lb H. Escott . . 2 



Major A. Crawley's "Van der Berg," 



aged, 9 St. 13 lb DoUery ... 3 



Nineteen started. Betting: — 10 to i Wild Man from Borneo; 

 100 to 8 Cathal; 25 to i Van der Berg. 



The field included Manifesto, Horizon, Why Not, 

 Father O'Flynn, Lady Pat, Prince Albert, Sarah Bern- 

 hardt, Ardcarn, ^sop, Fin-ma-Coul II., Royal Buck, 

 Leybourne, Cock of the Heath, Caustic, Dalkeith, and 

 Molly Maguire. 



yEsop was again a starter this year ; when the horses 

 started at the first attempt, he and Horizon made joint 

 running as soon as the horses had settled down. At 

 the third fence Manifesto and Horizon became first and 

 second, .^sop resuming, however, directly Becher's Brook 

 had been jumped. Dalkeith showed the way on to the 

 race-course, with ALsop, Cathal, and Horizon following, 

 but the last named fell at the water when going well. 

 On entering the country the second time. Van der 

 Berg raced up to yElsop, who fell at the fence beyond 

 Becher's Brook. By the side of the canal Cathal took 

 the lead followed by Van der Berg and Wild Man from 



