2IO STEEPLECHASING 



There was a capital field of twenty-nine, and the 

 placed horses were : — 



Mr. H. Chaplin's b. g. " Emperor," aged, 



12 St. I o lb Mr. A. Goodman i 



„ Studd's " Lord George," aged, 12 st. 



10 lb ,, Lawrence . 2 



„ F. Calthorpe's "Mount Gifford," 



6 yrs., 12 St. 6 lb „ Coleman . 3 



Betting : — 5 to i each against Mount Gifford and Lord George ; 

 20 to I against Emperor. 



The starting-machine was not in this year dreamed 

 of in England, or there might have been call for it, seeing 

 that Mr. Craven, who officiated as starter, could not drop 

 his flag until more than one hour after the appointed 

 time. The first fence brought down Sporting Life, who 

 chanced it, and Chorister who was lying close in his 

 wake, while Mount Gifford came down heavily at the 

 second fence, and Caledonian sustained an injury to the 

 shoulder by falling near the stand. After two miles 

 (half the course) had been covered the field tailed 

 terribly, and not more than about a dozen were in the 

 race, and this number was reduced by the falling of 

 Liburian and The Drone, both of them as well as 

 Chorister going on riderless and afterwards knocking 

 over Cock Robin. Lord George took the lead at the 

 water in front of the stand, but as the horses approached 

 the turning flag Brother to Patience raced up to the 

 leader and appeared like holding his own, but he quickly 

 stopped, his rider having broken his offside stirrup 

 leather. A little further on the race was confined to 

 Cooksboro', Lord George, Emperor, and Mount Gifford, 

 the latter going to the front in a piece of seeds near 

 the finish, after which Mount Gifford and Emperor, 

 racing side by side, drew up to Lord George, and at 

 the last jump Emperor gained a slight advantage and 

 eventually won by three lengths, a length dividing 



