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struck, that tlie distance from the hoof-marks 

 on the taking-off to the hoof-marks on the 

 landing-side was measured, and it was found 

 that the horse had jumped thirty-nine feet." 

 The Steeplechase Calendar gives the following 

 record : — " Regalia led to the brook, into which 

 all fell except Chandler, who thus obtained a 

 great lead, nothing but King of the Valley 

 ever getting near him again." 



The following year Captain Little, a dis- 

 ciple of "Black Tom's" — Tom Olliver — won 

 the Liverpool on this horse. 



Mr. ''Thomas" (Mr. Tom Pickernell) 

 seemed for some time to be a link between 

 the past and the present. He has ridden 

 three Grand National winners, and had a 

 mount in no less than eighteen Liverpools. 

 Anatis, The Lamb, and Pathfinder were all 

 steered most brilliantly by this gentleman 

 to victory ; the latter exactly twenty years 

 ago, 1875. Pathfinder had been used as a 

 hack and a Whip's horse before trying his 

 luck at Liverpool, and he was one of the 

 worst horses that ever won. A short time 



