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An objection to the winner by Captain E. R. 

 Owen on the ground that he had been jostled 

 sufficiently to cause him to lose the race was 

 subsequently gone into by the stewards and over- 

 ruled. When Why Not came down Mr. Cunning- 

 ham was pitched on his head and remained 

 immobile and unconscious. At first it was feared 

 that the injury might prov^e fatal, but on being 

 carried on an ambulance to the paddock he regained 

 consciousness, and it was found that he had burst 

 a blood-vessel in the head. 



For once in a way the queer-tempered Roquefort, 

 who it was thought would be sure to bring disaster 

 to one or other of the competitors, was on his very 

 best behaviour, and astonished everybody by 

 playing the part of pioneer as they landed on the 

 race-course the first time, being one of the first, in 

 fact, to clear the water. 



A singular accident happened to Emperor, who 

 had been pulled up at Becher's Brook in the second 

 round. Jumping the race-course rails on his way 

 home, with the object of cutting off a corner, he 

 fell and broke his back. 



