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Needless to say, this untoward event cast a 

 gloom over the proceedings for the rest of the day, 

 and though it was not deemed expedient to 

 postpone racing, several prominent owners, notably 

 the Duke of Montrose and Sir George Chetwynd, 

 declined to start their horses. 



The winners was certainly a remarkable per- 

 formance, for this was the first time the horse had 

 ever gone over a country in public. 



His racing career at an end, Voluptuary was 

 sold to Mr. Leonard Boyne, the well-known actor, 

 who nightly appeared on his back in the Grand 

 National scene, in the sensational drama of the 

 " Prodioal Dauohter," then beine plaved to 

 crowded houses at Drury Lane Theatre, Lord 

 Rosebery's cast-off jumping the water night after 

 night in quite as brilliant a style as he had done at 

 Aintree. 



LIproarious though the applause was which 

 invariably accompanied this performance, it was 

 nothing to the shout of delight from the gallery 

 which greeted the unhappy jockey who, for an extra 

 fee of five shillings, nightly tumbled into the water 

 for their delectation. 



Steeplechase jockeys, with few exceptions, are 

 none too highly paid at any time ; but we question 



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