THE GRAND NATIONAL. 269 



Zoedone, the finest jumper in the world ! Zoedone, 

 who has twice crone the Grand National course 

 without making the slig-htest mistake ! Zoedone 

 the safest conveyance in the race ! 



" Zoedone, as honest a mare as ever peeped 

 throuoh a bridle ! Zoedone so exhausted that after 

 a mile and a half she could not get out of a ditch ! 

 Where is the villain ? Let us find him and poison 

 him ! " 



The Grand National course this year was all 

 grass, and it was railed in on the inside for its 

 lenoth. 



The following description of the Grand National 

 fences as they were in 1885, will no doubt prove 

 interesting to our readers : — 



2 and 17. Thorn fence 5 feet high, with a rail on 



the take-off side 3 feet high. 



3 and 18. Thorn fence 4 feet 6 inches high, with a 



rail 2 feet high and a ditch on the 

 take-off side 6 feet 8 inches wide and 

 3 feet deep. 



4 and 19. Rail and fence, the rail being 2 feet 



6 inches high, a space of 18 inches 

 to 2 feet separating rail and fence. 



5 and 20. Ordinary hurdle, 3 feet 6 inches high, 



and bushed with gorse. 



