12 8 In Scarlet and Silk 



"Grand Annuals;" and in 1839 the Liver- 

 pool executive substituted for the selling 

 race alluded to above " a sweepstake of 

 twenty sovereigns each, with one hundred 

 sovereigns added ; 1 2 st. each ; gentlemen 

 riders ; four miles across country ; second 

 horse to save his stake ; the winner to pay 

 ten sovereigns towards expenses ; no rider to 

 open a gate, or ride through a gateway, or 

 more than 100 yards along any road, foot- 

 path, or driftway." 



In an old sporting paper I have found a 

 complete list of the starters and jockeys for 

 this, the first Grand National, and it may 

 not l)e inopportune to reproduce it here 

 in extenso. 



GRAND LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 



Captain Child's Conrad . 



Mr. Ferguson's Rust. 

 „ „ Daxon 



„ „ Barkston . 



Lord M'Donald's The Nun 



Sir D. I'aird's Pioneer 



Mr. Elmore's Lottery 



Sir G. Mostyn's Seventy-four 



Jockey 

 Captain lieclier. 

 W. M'Donough. 

 Owner. 

 Byrne. 



Alan M'Donough. 

 Mr, Walker. 

 Jem Mason. 

 Toni Olliver. 



