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IQUITE A WONDERFUL VETERAN JUMPER Lutteur III. won the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase of 1909. He was tlin a five-year-old, so lie is now fifteen years old. At Kempion Park November 30 of this year he won the Richmond Steeplechase at three miles, and in doing so defeated Wavertree, one of the best present-day steeplechasers in England. As a coincidence he won the same race in 1914. His defeat of Wavertree led "Kettledrum" to say in the Manchester Sporting Chronicle: "The hand of time lies lightly on Lutteur III. I can remember Rory oMore showing fair form at about -the age of fifteen, and there have been other wonderful veterans in the chasing world. But I think the achievement of Lutteur III. at Kemptou on Saturday was really remarkable. Not only was he taking on a virile young horse like Wavertree, but he was laboring under the disability of not having performed in public for five years. That may not mean so much to a seasoned steeplechaser as to a flat racer, but all classes of horses are all the better for the burnishing up process which a race in public provides. "Lutteur III. seems to be the exception which goes to prove the rule. He was looking quite spick and span in his clipped coat, but lie probably never can compare with Wavertree on looks. The latter is a typical chaser of the Alntree typo in repose; in action that is fencing the same cannot be said of him. Lutteur III. gave a perfect example of how fences can be cleared with the minimum energy. "At one obstacle this was particularly notice- able. The open ditch is quite a formidable fence at Kempton, and as they came to it Lutteur III. put in a short one and nipped over like a cat. "Wavertree, on .the other hand, disdained such a proceeding. He made a tremendous leap, the jockey being set up in the air, but they did not part company. The result was that Wavertree had to collect himself on landing, whereas Lutteur Ill-was never out of his stride. For some time afterward Wavertree improved in his fencing, the example set by the Frenchman no doubt having a salutary effect. There was never a great deal to choose between the pair, but Lutteur III. took the filial two obstacles in better style nnd had sufficient speed on the flat to hold off Wavertree."
