THE GRAND NATIONAL. 211 



Once in the straight Congress and Victoire dropped 

 back beaten, giving place to Dainty, who went on 

 with the lead, which she retained till the last hurdle, 

 when she was caught by Pathfinder, an exciting race 

 between the pair ending in favour of Pathfinder by 

 half a length. Three lengths away La Yenie was 

 third, a head in front of Jackal, Marmora fifth, 

 Victoire sixth, and Sparrow seventh. 



Time: 10 minutes 22 seconds. 



Value of stakes, £j,q^o. 



An objection lodged against Pathfinder on the 

 ground of insufficient description was at once over- 

 ruled. 



Pathfinder, when he won the Grand National, was 

 eight years old, and was bred by Mr. Cowley, of 

 Kilsby, who sold him to Mr. Riddey, a farmer, at 

 Barby, who first ran him in 1873 in a Farmers' 

 Maiden Plate at Rugby, where he finished second. 

 On the next clay he ran without success in the 

 Farmers' Plate, and at Warwick in a two-mile 

 hunters' race on the fiat. His next appearance was 

 in a Selling Steeplechase at Daventry, which he 

 won, being sold afterwards to Mr. Darby, the well- 

 known horse-dealer of Rugby. On the same day 

 he won a Scurry Steeplechase, but was disqualified 



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