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Moose, Biiszke, Huntsman's Daughter, Helen and 

 Hall Court also giving up for the same reason. 



Alcibiade now wres •<' the lead from Mr. 

 Herbert's horse, holding u for a couple of fields, 

 when he too retired, and Captain Crosstree whipping 

 round at the last fence but one, only The Lamb and 

 Pearl Diver were left to fight out the battle, a ding- 

 dong struggle all the way up the straight ending in 

 favour of Lord Poulett's gallant little grey by two 

 lengths, Alcibiade, on whom Colonel Knox probably 

 rode the best race of his life, beino- third, two 

 lengths off, and three in front of Captain Crosstree. 



The time this year does not seem to have been 

 recorded. 



The Grand National of this year was a memora- 

 ble one If only on account of the desperate race 

 home between The Lamb and Pearl Diver. Very 

 few jockeys, if any, could give weight away to Mr. 

 Edwards, and it was agreed on all sides that the 

 accomplished horseman in question had never been 

 seen to better advantage than on this occasion. 



Bearing in mind, too, the frightful accident he 

 met with in the Croydon Hurdle Race only a short 

 time previously, when he was brought back to the 

 weighing room so smothered in blood as to be 



