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steamer, it taking upwards of twenty minutes before 

 he could be hauled to terra fir ma. 



Chandler, thouo^h easv in the market at 1 2 to i at 

 the finish, was well backed by the stable, his joint 

 owners, Captain Little and Mr. Peel, throwing in, 

 so it was said, for j[^'],ooo. 



A feature of the race was the first appearance in 

 the saddle of Johnny Broome, the prizefighter, the 

 story going that he had made a bet of a " monkey " 

 with Capt. Alleyne that he would be in the fourth 

 field from home when the winner passed the post. 



Johnny, riding with plenty of pluck, if not with 

 the best of judgment, managed to keep with his 

 horses during the first round, soon after which, 

 Eagle, the horse he bestrode, being palpably out of 

 condition, beo-an to tire visibly, the result beino- that 

 when Becher's Brook was arrived at the second time, 

 the horse, now thoroughly blown, and more than half 

 inclined to stop altogether, gave a buck into the air, 

 senclino- his rider with such a "bane " to the ground 

 that he had to be carried to his "corner " (which in 

 this instance meant a cottage hard b)) and attended 

 to, by which it will be seen that poor Johnny didn't 

 win his bet. 



