i64 HEROES AND HEROINES OF 



The Race. 



At five minutes past th*- ^he flao- fell to a good 

 start, which was unfortu' ctely attended by a deplor- 

 able accident : Chimney Sweep, the favourite, 

 when galloping across the road separating the 

 course from the country, hitting one of the large 

 boulder stones placed at the side to protect it, with 

 such force as to smash the pastern joint of his near 

 fore-foot, making his immediate destruction impera- 

 tive. 



Slieve Carne refused at the ditch and rails. 

 Captain Crosstree taking up the running, The 

 Lamb and Daisy heading the rest. 



At Bechers Brook Thalassius, Mentmore and 

 Kingswood came to grief, whilst Garus refused. 



Captain Crosstree increased his lead until entering 

 the course, when he fell back, Pearl Diver jumping 

 the water in front of the stand a little in front of 

 The Lamb, Captain Crosstree and Alcibiade, The 

 Nun stumbling, sending Wheeler tlying over her 

 head, and going on riderless. 



Going into the country a second time Captain 

 Crosstree once more took up the running, Daisy, on 

 whom the severity of the pace had begun to tell, 

 retiring when the plough was reached. Astrolabe, 



