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sixth, Covert Hack seventh, and Prince Tuscan 

 eighth. 



Nothing else completed the course. 



Time : 9 minutes 47 4/5 seconds. 



"It was claimed for Griidon that \m\. for putting his 

 foot into his bridle and thus coming to grief he might 

 have beaten Ambush II. last year. Anyhow, his 

 previous performances had given the impression of 

 a lazy horse that wouldn't tr)-. When between the 

 last two jumps Covert Hack and Levanter had a slap 

 at him, Arthur Nightingall for the moment thought 

 the Irishman was going to beat him, but the winner's 

 turn of speed served him in the run in, although 

 when he jumped the tan road like a hm-dle, he 

 eave his backers a frio-ht.' 



A regrettable incident of the race was the iatal 

 accident to True Blue, who would be greatly missed 

 not only by his owner but by the public, there being 

 no better known or more popular horse at the meet- 

 ings round about London than Mr. Parnell's famous 

 old cocktail. 



The snow balling in his foot brought him down, and 

 but for this Percy Woodland, who broke his collar- 

 bone in the fall, was of opinion that he W(juld have 

 won, so strongly and well was he going at the time. 



