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winded horse — he never blew, and stayed for ever, 

 and his manners were perfect. Until I bought him 

 he had never .seen a fence, and the first time I rode 

 him at Liverpool in the Sefton Steeplechase, he fell 

 at the second fence (it used to be a bank). We ^ot up, 

 however, all right, and 1 rode him round the course 

 by himself, and he never made a mistake again 

 either at home or in a race, indeed, I won the Craven 

 Steeplechase on him the very next day." 



When it is remembered that he was giving 

 Rhysh worth, a horse which had run fourth in the 

 Derby oi 1869, won by Pretender, a year and 3 lb., 

 the merit of Disturbance's Grand National victory 

 can hardly be over-estimated ; that it was no tkike 

 being clearly demonstrated the following day, when 

 his roguish opponent, carrying 12 st. 7 lb., won the 

 Sefton Steeplechase in a canter by ten lengths, 

 beating, amongst others, Reugny, 1 1 st. 9 lb., who 

 was destined to distinguish himself later on. 



His steeplechasing career at an end. Disturbance 

 was acquired by Lord Hastings, at whose place ac 

 Melton Constable, in Norfolk, he was located for 

 many yem's. 



Like many a good horse before him, however, he 

 w^as a failure at the stud, and he eventually died 

 at the ripe old age of twenty-nine. 



