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Brook, Hall Court put on the steam, and Merriniac 

 being clone for at the lane. Alcibiade was left solely 

 in attendance on Hall Court, lull ot 0^0 and all over 

 a winner. He jumped the last hurdle half a length 

 ahead of Alcibiade, and Captain Coventry taking 

 up his whip, tlie struggle then began in earnest ; the 

 roar that went up from the crowd when at the half 

 distance Mr. Angell's horse, responding gamely to 

 the guardsman's vigorous call, was seen to draw 

 level, and finally, when within some half a dozen 

 strides from the winning chair, get his head in tront, 

 being something to remember. 



Fifty yards away. Emblematic, coming through 

 several eased horses, was third. Mistake cantered 

 in fourth, Merrimac fifth, Flyfisher making up the 

 half dozen who actually passed the post. 



Time : 1 1 minutes 16 seconds. 



Alcibiade's victory, besides being sensational, was 

 certainly a remarkable one, for not only did he carry 

 1 1 St. 5 lb. as a five-year-old, but until this occasion, 

 he had never previously run in a steeplechase. 



By Cossack — Aunt Phyllis, he was bred in 

 France by Count Lagrange. Sent over to this 

 country, he was claimed after winning a selling race 

 at Epsom in 1863. being then three years old. 



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