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Weathercock and Little Charley apparently had the 

 race to themselves, Conrad being the first to crack, 

 Archer then sent Little Charley along for all he 

 was worth, and quickly drawing level with Weather- 

 cock, on whom his jockey was hard at work, won 

 eventually by four lengths. Fifty yards astern 

 Zanthus cantered in third, Morgan Rattler was 

 fourth, and Conrad fifth, nothing else passing the 

 post. 



Time : 1 1 minutes 5 seconds. 



The race this year was run on Saturday, March 6th, 

 having been postponed from Wednesday, March 3rd, 

 owing to the inclemency of the weather, and such a 

 disastrous effect did this have on the attendance, 

 that it was estimated that at 2 o'clock there were not 

 more than five hundred people, all told, on the course 

 and stands. 



The weather too was the reverse of inviting, for 

 not only was the ground covered with half-melted 

 snow, but the wind was simply terrific, a drinking 

 booth on the course being blown bodily away. 



The race itself was probably the slowest recorded 

 since lightweight handicapping in steeplechasing 

 became the fashion, whilst the number of falls were 



