THE GRAND NATIONAL. 93 



fourth, Dangerous fifth, The Nugget sixth and 

 Garland seventh. 



Time : First round 4 mins. 49 sees. 

 Whole 10 ,, 25 ,, 



The Grand National this year was a very tame 

 affair all round. Not only was there a great falling 

 off in the number of entries, but as a betting race it 

 was a distinct failure, doubtless owing to the fact 

 that the meeting had been postponed in consequence 

 of the frost from the Wednesday previous. Owing 

 to the exceptionally severe weather trainers had 

 experienced the greatest difficulty in getting their 

 horses into anything like condition, and this, coupled 

 with the fact that the going was heavy, and the 

 pace good, probably accounts in some measure for the 

 race being the hollow affair it was ; the three placed 

 horses practically having it all to themselves a long 

 w^ay from home. 



That there was no great display of quality amongst 

 the score of runners may be gathered from the 

 followino- extract from Bc/l's Life in London : — 



" With very few exceptions, we question it a worse 

 field ever started for this race, and amongst those 

 whom we should have pronounced beforehand as 

 most unlikely to win ' The Liverpool ' were the two 



