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HEROES AND HEROINES OF 



BETTING AT THE START. 



Three minutes after the appointed time (3.30) 

 the twenty-.six competitors were despatched to a 

 capital start, Inquisitor showing- the way to the 

 first fence, where Railoff fell. At the third fence 

 Ambush II. came down, and Deerslayer. The 

 fourth fence proved fatal to Cushendon and 

 Inquisitor, and the thorn fence before Becher's 

 Brook brought down Patlander, Hill of Bree, 

 Comfit, Kiora and Loch Lomond, the latter 

 breaking his neck. At Becher's Brook, Biology 

 came down, and Deerslayer went on with a four 

 lengths' lead with Detail bringing up the rear. So 

 they went on until two fences from the water when 



