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horse, that he cleared thirty-three feet over 

 the last fence. 



It must obviously be impossible within 

 the limited space here available to even 

 make mention of many of the celebrities, 

 human and equine, of these early days. I 

 must ask my readers' pardon for thus merely 

 skimming over some, and even omitting men- 

 tion altogether of other, of the glories of that 

 *' good old time," when steeplechasing was 

 in the " palmiest" of its palmy days. 



Gaylad, a rare stayer, and a most accom- 

 plished jumper ; Peter Simple, a peculiarly 

 beautiful mover, and grand-looking horse, 

 the hero of two Liverpools ; the Nun, winner 

 of several chases, True Blue, Cigar, and 

 Cannon Ball were all running about then, 

 and the " hunter dealers," the Elmores and 

 Mr. Tilbury, flourished. The latter owned 

 amongst others Prospero and Culverthorpe, 

 but neither of them was good enough for 

 Lottery and Vivian. "Jack" Elmore did 

 much for the sport, and in his day owned 

 many a good one, Lottery, of course, being 



