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fence he rather unfortunately fell, and Cloister 

 resumed the command. 



No further change occurred till the second fence 

 from home, where Father O'Flynn, full of running-, 

 drew into second place, and from thence gradually 

 drew away from the field, eventually winning by 

 twenty lengths, Cloister being second, and Ilex, 

 two lengths away, third. Ardcarn was fourth and 

 Flying Column a bad fifth, Hollington sixth. Cruiser 

 seventh. Reliance eighth, Ulysses ninth, Faust tenth, 

 and Bagman eleventh. 



Time : 9 minutes 48 1/5 seconds. 



Stakes, ^1,680. 



Performances of Winner. 



Father O'Flynn was sired by the well-known 

 Hermit horse Retreat, out of a h.b. mare Kathleen. 

 As a two-year-old he ran nine times, winning for 

 Lord Cholmondeley the Warrington Plate at the 

 Liverpool July Meeting. When four years old he 

 began to race under National Hunt Rules, winning 

 the Arderne Plate at Tarporley, an Open Hunters' 

 Steeplechase at the V.W.H. Hunt Meeting, and 

 Open Hunters' Steeplechase and Members' Plate 

 at Ludlow Autumn, 



