200 STEEPLECHASING 



There was an enormous attendance, among those 

 present being Lord Stamford. 



The issue of the race was never in doubt, as Bride- 

 groom held a good position throughout and at last won 

 in a canter by about twenty lengths. The race was held 

 in conjunction with the Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, 

 and Atherstone Hunt MeetinQf at Market HarborouQfh, 

 the stewards being the Dukes of Beaufort and Man- 

 chester, the Earls of Stamford and Warrington, and 

 Scarborough, Lords Dacre and Tredegar, Sir Watkin 

 Wynn, and Messrs. George Lane Fox, T. T. Drake, 

 W. R. Stratton, W. W. Tailby and W. R. H. Powell, 

 while Mr. Marshall of Northampton, who gave his 

 services gratuitously, selected and secured the line of 

 country and was clerk of the course. 



Mr. Angell, the owner of this year's winner, died 

 in London on Tuesday, 12th May 1874, at the early 

 age of forty-four. Mr. Angell was more prominently 

 distinguished as a sportsman by his "lead" in reviving 

 the taste for the road, having at the outset helped to 

 horse the Brighton coach, and afterwards working one 

 on his own account to Guildford. He also took a promi- 

 nent part in getting the steeplechase rules, as originally 

 drawn out, duly authorised ; and he himself won the 

 Liverpool with Alcibiade, a horse which was placed 

 third to Laughingstock and Citadel in the Manchester 

 show ring on the day on which his owner died. Mr. 

 Angell, commonly called "Cherry Angell" from the colour 

 of his jacket (at Eton he was known as "Cherubim"), 

 was a good sportsman, went everywhere and saw 

 everything. 



1861 



This year there were two Grand National Hunt 

 Steeplechases, one at Cheltenham, the other at Market 



