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in advance of the others, went on and won by two 

 lenorths, The Liberator, who Mr. Garrett Moore 

 had brought up with a tremendous rush at the 

 finish, beating" Downpatrick by a head for second 

 place. Two lengths off Jupiter Tonans was fourth, 

 Woodbrook fifth. Wild Monarch sixth, Victor IL 

 seventh, and Mctoria eighth, whilst Shifnal and 

 Dainty walked in with the crowd. 



Time: 10 minutes 20 seconds. 



Value of stakes, ^1,250. 



\he winner, who was a fine powerful chestnut 

 mare standing over sixteen hands, was bred by 

 Mr. Lindisay in h'eland in 1875. She ran for the 

 first time at Baldoyle in 1878, and was sold that 

 summer to Mr. Linde, at whose place she at once 

 commenced her jumping education. 



Mr. Beasley, her rider, lost a stirrup during the 

 latter part of the race, and in trying to regain it, 

 lost a o"Ood deal of oround, but the moment the 

 mare was fairly set going again, the way she passed 

 her horses one by one, was a caution. 



How little affected was Empress by her four mile 

 and a-half gallop, may be gathered from the fact 

 that she is said to have cleared close on thirt)- feet 

 when jumping the last hurdle. 



