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against the bank, throwing Barker into the next 

 field. 



Cokimbine now resumed the lead, but was passed 

 at the canal by Peter Simple, who, pulling- his rider 

 out of the saddle, rushed impetuously at the artificial 

 brook, and being weakly handled, nearly came on 

 his head on landing. All the rest got over. Peter 

 Simple now took up the running at a tremendous 

 pace to the starting held, where he was headed 

 by Banathlath. At Becher's Brook Seventy Four 

 was over first, followed by Peter Simple, Gaylad, 

 Lottery, and The Returned. 



Banathlath now succumbed, and Lottery was 

 pulled up, leaving Gaylad second, and Peter Simple 

 third. 



At this point it looked any odds on Seventy 

 Four, for not only had he a great lead, but was 

 skimming his fences in splendid style, and pulling 

 double the while. On nearing the canal ditch, 

 when Powell took a pull at him, Gaylad nearly 

 reached him, but no sooner had he landed than 

 he took a start of twenty or thirty lengths and was 

 first (Ml the course with every appearance of winning 

 in a canter. Gaylad came next and then Peter 

 vSimple, who was baulked by the crowd at the 

 bullfinch out of the lane, and threw his jockey. 



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