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making the running, was then followed by Cinderella, 

 with Regalia some distance away. Presently Cinderella 

 challenged and they ran neck and neck to the stand, 

 when Captain Powell called on his mare, left Marengo, 

 and won by a short half length. 



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"The Grand Military Steeplechases," wrote another 

 critic, " came into the world giving rise to the fondest 

 anticipations, but their progress has not equalled the 

 promise of their birth, and after a few doubtful years 

 they now show symptoms of decline, and unless some 

 means of restoration takes place, the friends of the 

 Grand Military Steeplechase must soon be called upon 

 to witness their dissolution. In many respects the 

 selection of Warwick on this occasion was an excellent 

 one. The course itself was excessively hard, and the 

 few fields in which the line was quitted were no great 

 deal better." 



Hon. R. N. Lawley's " The Roarer," 



12 St Sir E. Poore . . . i 



Cornet D. C. Buchanan's "Match- 

 less," 12 St Lord Como Russell 2 



Lieut.D'Arcy's"Culverthorpe,"i2st. 



7 lb Capt. Powell . . 3 



Matchless led, and all jumped the first fence except 

 Edmond, while Tommy Tinkle blundered at the lane. 

 At the fence on to the course Matchless fell, and 

 Culverthorpe led, Major A. in falling giving place to 

 The Roarer, the two leaders eoinfj the course tocj-ether. 

 At the entrance into the meadows on the rio-ht of the 

 stand Pullaway refused, and with Tommy Tinkle, who 



