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and was pulled up lame. Nothing was near the winner, but 

 India Rubber, maintaining a uniform pace and making no 

 mistake, came in a bad fourth. There were several falls. 

 Robert the Devil tore off both his fore-plates, and Coronet, 

 after landing in a bog, dropped dead. The winner was bred 

 in Ireland, in 1830, and was bought from Mr. Hunt, the 

 owner of Cigar." Not only is this account an interesting one 

 as showing how different were the conditions under which the 

 race was run in that time to those now in existence, but we 

 think it proves clearly that the jockeyship displayed by the 

 rider of the winner was of a very high order, certainly superior 

 to that of the other competitors. 



CAPTAIN BROADLEY 



We have already described in the preceding chapter the 

 initial Grand Military Steeplechases won by Sir James Baird, 

 and one would have thought that the success it proved 

 would have ensured its continuance the following year. And 

 so it did as far as the title was concerned, and there it ended, 

 for we read that the three races which made up the programme 

 were confined entirely to the officers of the 17 th Lancers, then 

 quartered at Leeds. 



The meeting took place at Wetherby, Yorkshire, an historic 

 racing ground, and was witnessed by Prince George of 

 Cambridge, who was accompanied on to the course by Lords 

 Harewood, Cardigan, and Inverary, Sir J. Lister Kaye, Major- 

 General Brotherton, Col. Markham, and others ; whilst the band 

 of the 32nd Regiment discoursed sweet music. 



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