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CHINA COCKS FOUKTH LIVEEPOOL CUP To a great extent the result of the Liverpool Cup was a last year foreshadowed by the bold show juiide under ditlicnlties by Oiitram in the Lincolnshire Handicap for it was pretty well known that when liiid China Cock beat him Already a winner of three cups it was only natural that Mr Nelkcs Jiu e should IK the public fancy and never before stripped in liner lighting trim the big goodlooking chestnut opened favorite though later he was super ¬ seded by the nastytempered Donacloney which used his heels with vicious persistency at the post and found a victim in Modubeagh to which he adminis ¬ tered a lusty kick in the vicinity of his stille which must have handicapped him severely There was a heap of money behind Watergruel but his chance was early extinguished as although he actually began as well as anything he stuck his toes in the ground immediately after starting and dropping 1aek to the rear figured there to the end and ran a piggish sort of race throughout which augurs any ¬ thing but well for his future Modubeagh in spite of his bad treatment got well away and forced the p ce a fast one with Donacloney and 1riut clear of hina Cock Willaura and Hoots with Honeywood next to the Canal point when Print shot to the front and came round the turn clear of Dotiaelouey which in turn was separated by daylight from China Cock The latter however was always going well within himself and when Wing let him have liis head a quarter of a mile from homo it was all over but shouting though Hoots stuck so well to his work that the judges verdict was only threequar ¬ ters t r a length Next at an interval of a half dozen lengths Redtlme was placed third in front of Modiilicngh Honeywood Print Hare Hill and Wil ¬ laura in the order named It was a particularly
