2i6 HEROES AND HEROINES OE 



Retral on the right, Congress next the rails with 

 Shifnal in the centre, now charoed the last hurdle 

 in a line, and the P^psom horse retiring, a ding- 

 dong' race home between the other two ended in 

 favour of Regal by a neck. Some lengths behind 

 Shifnal was third, Chimney Sweep fourth. Rye 

 fifth, Jackal sixth and Master Mowbray seventh. 



Time : ii minutes 14 seconds. 



Value of stakes. ^1,510. 



The moment the weights were made public 

 Chandos was pitched upon by prophets and 

 punters alike as the probable winner of the 

 Grand National. As time went on, so did the 

 furore increase, the odds getting shorter and shorter 

 until at last he was firmly established at 100 to 30. 



And very self-satisfied were his thick and thin 

 supporters when, accompanied by Regal, he made 

 his appearance on the course, and not without 

 reason, for it is questionable whether a handsomer 

 horse than Chandos has ever been seen in a Grand 

 National field. On the other hand there was a 

 business-like look about his stable companion which 

 caused many a good judge, after a good look at the 

 black son of Saunterer, to hie him to the ring tor a 

 " saver " on the Captain's second string. 



