THE GRAND NATIONAL. 



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BETTING AT THE START. 



So expeditiously were the u.siial preliminaries got 

 over that the flag actually fell at 2.59, one minute 

 before the time appointed, Detail being the first 

 to show the way. 



At the second fence Royal Drake fell, as did 

 Kiora, Hallgate, and Ascetic's Silver at the next 

 obstacle, where Longthorpe and Nereus refused. 



Moifaa and Timothy Titus then headed the field 

 to Valentine's Brook, where Detail and Biology 

 came to grief. Headed by Ranunculus and 

 Timothy Titus they all negotiated the water in 

 safety, but the first fence in the country pro\-ed 



