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OUR GRAND NATIONAL CANDIDATE. Highbrklge has been nominated to the Uverpo Grand National Steeplechase, which will l e run Friday. April 4. He has also been entered in the Cheltenham Grand Annual Steeplechase of ,500. :u two mil.-- and about 1 oo Mids. to be inn March 12. and in lit-- National Hunt Cup of ,000, at three and one quartet miles, to be run March 1 :. Both of these events are features of the Nation.; Hunt Steeplechase Meeting at Preathary Park. Cue! tenham. He max t e started la one or the other 1 1 sharpen him up 1 r the more strenuous Grand Ni tional journey of about four miles and 830 yards. Illghbridge i- training well and attracting attention. the •Special Commissioner" taking occasion to -m this of him recently in London Sportsman: ••] am iehi -that Is all -thai rae American High-bridge, trained by Medcalfe. can .jump anything. and keep going for ■ week. Pretty tall credeo ti.il-; these, bat whether mj toformant lias ever seen the Aintree ferw-es or knows the pace at which the "National horses go i- another affair altogether. There it is -if the Yankee is good enough, he- will lack nothing on the score of condition, for Medcalfe knows quite as much about training a himpei as lie does about getting a horse tit to run on tie- Hat. and the Miaibf I of races be wins with animals if very moderate class testifies to his ability in that respect."
