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LXMER0CK AND CASTLET0N IN ACTION. Cc neerning the parts played by the two Assericaa hoi- eg, Umerock ami Castleton, at the Windsor meeting on February ... London Spirting Life said: "Apart from the chief Steeplechase, then- were two other interesting events over fences at Windsor en Saturday. Umerock, engaged both in the Royal and Claremont handicaps, was pulled out for tin-latter, which in the result was proved to be good judgment. Th ugh easily defeated by Valentine laher at Lingfield and by Bruce lei- earlier. Mr. Pattersons horse had been generally noted as coming en finely ami tolerably certain te take a rare ere long. Backers, as a matter of fact, would look at nothing else for the Caireiiiont Steeplechase, and handsomely did the son f Beck Saul vindicate the support thus reposed in hi:n. Master at-Aras. as is his habit, went away with n strong lead, but the old h .rse cannot kee •• it up !. days, as he u-eii to do. and some distance fro u home resigned the command to Umerock, r r which it was all plain sailing afterward. Besides Master-at-Arms, another of Mr. Wbitakera charges, Orangevillo. v. a. - a competitor, and as lie bad been decidedly unlucky when beaten by Cooldreen at Gatwick, met with a fair amount of support, lie figured nearer Inst than tirst throughout, however, and was probably unsuited by the s ft ground. "In the Weir Steeplechase, which was confined to maidens at closing, Castleton, on the strength of a victory over the same course last month, was at once rushed to substantia] odds on. This appealed to In- a dang roii . proceeding;, as the earlier race referred to was the horses only prvklUS public experience of fencing. Leading to the water, Mr. Horace Lennards pretty colors came to earth. Castleton having fallen, and as the second choice of backers, Kitch, had found the first feme one too many, layers were left with three outsiders to run for them. One of these. Pendulum, was soon tailed oir. aid it was only on sufferance thu the old Cesarewitch winner. Veraey, finished as near as four lengths to tiie Northern-trained Wooden Bridge."
