142 THE GRAND NATIONAL. 



declined to believe that such a weedy little mare, 

 long" in the leg and with no quarters, could possibly 

 win a lono- and tirino- race like the Grand National. 

 Events proved however that it was quite another case 

 of " Handsome is that handsome does," for long- 

 before reaching the straight it was plain that out of 

 the twenty-five runners, the despised Emblematic and 

 that good horse, Arbury, were the only two left in 

 the race. 



