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Bucephalus fifth, none of the others passing the 

 post. 



Time : 9 mins. 30 sees. 



The small field of thirteen runners showed a great 

 falling off from the previous year, when there were 

 89 entries, the largest number obtained since the 

 establishment of the race. 



For this deficiency the lightness of the weights 

 was doubtless responsible, at least, such was the 

 consensus of opinion. 



Needless to say, the fatal accident to James 

 Wynne, the rider of O'Connell, at the hurdles 

 before reaching the water, cast a gloom over the 

 day's proceedings it never recovered from. 



The unfortunate jockey, who died the same 

 evening, was the son of " Denny " Wynne, who 

 steered Matthew to victory in 1847. 



It was only on the very morning of the race that 

 he had been apprised of the death of his sister In 

 Ireland, and this coming to the ears of Lord de 

 Freyne, owner of O'Connell, he very considerately 

 did his best to dissuade his jockey from riding. 

 The latter insisted, however, and Lord de Freyne 

 seeing that further argument was useless, allowed him 

 to have his own way, with the result just recorded. 



