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and Hurdle Race at Hereford in 1839. He also won 

 the Broadway, Alcester, and other steeplechases, and in 

 1841 he was successful in winning the "Great" Liver- 

 pool steeplechase, as mentioned elsewhere. The last 

 steeplechase in which Charity ran was at Swindon, which 

 he would have won but for an unfortunate mistake. 

 Charity and Vanguard were the only two horses left in 

 the race, Charity leading by about a length when not far 

 from home. A flight of hurdles near the winning-post, 

 and over which the competitors had jumped in the 

 previous round, should have been removed for the run 

 in ; but through some neglect they were allowed to 

 remain standing. In taking these Charity dwelt a little, 

 whereas Vanguard took the hurdles in his stride and just 

 won. After this Charity ran no more, and remained in 

 the possession of Mr. Vevers until he died. 



The Monmouthshire and Herefordshire Hunt Clubs 

 organised a steeplechase, and for this Mr. Vevers brought 

 out a smart horse called Little Tommy, and he placed 

 the race to the credit of Herefordshire ; and this horse 

 Mr. Vevers, at the age of sixty-four, rode in the Paris 

 steeplechase of 1846, running second to Mr. Tilbury's 

 Culverthorpe. Among other horses which Mr. Vevers 

 owned at different times were : Velocity, winner of the 

 Ledbury and Kidderminster steeplechases ; Cruickshank, 

 winner at Northleach (Cheltenham), Very Bad, Ven- 

 geance, Vainhope, Venice, and Volatile. Mr. Vevers 

 also raced on the flat. 



In the year 1845 a service ot plate was presented to 

 Mr. Vevers, and what others thought of him sufficiently 

 appears by a laudatory inscription, setting forth his good 

 qualities and thanking him for (among other things) 

 "the spirited manner in which he upheld the pre- 

 eminence of his native county in the contest between 

 the members of the Herefordshire and Monmouthshire 

 Hunts at their Steeplechase on the 27th of February 



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