^ THE GRAND NATIONAL. 



the second time, was never afterwards headed, whilst 

 needless to say, it was a great turn up for the ring, 

 the winner not being mentioned in the quotations, 

 and Messrs. Davis and Symonds were said to have 

 netted over ^7,000 each by the result. 



Abd el Kader, who stood under 15 hands 2 inches, 

 was bred in 1842 by Henry Osborne, Esq., Dardis- 

 town Castle, county Meath, his grandsire being Hit- 

 or-Miss. 



The story goes that Mr. Osborne, journeying from 

 London to Holyhead on his way back to Ireland, 

 finding himself on the Shrewsbury coach, was so 

 taken with the near leader, a good-looking brown 

 mare, that he not only bought her there and then 

 for 50 guineas, but went out of his way to discover 

 her breeder. He hunted her in Ireland, and won 

 some steeplechases with her as well. Eventually she 

 was put to the stud, and being mated with Ishmael, 

 Abd el Kader was the result. 



