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RICH JUMPING RACES CLOSE IN ENGLAND Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase Increased to 25,000 In Value and Has Sixty-One Entries. A wonderful array of richly endowed steeplechases and hurdle races Closed for entries in Bttgtaad early in January. Quite naturally the Liverpool Grand National is first in value, as it is first in fame among steeplechases. lis value has been gr-atly in, leased, being .,.0 K for Ho- first time in its history. Of this the second horse takes S2.01M and the third ,030. Il was awarded sixty one entries of the best in England and Ireland. Poethlyn won it last year under 177 pounds and is in it again, as are the previous winners: Lutteur III.. Ally Slop-01- and Sunloeh. The conditions of the race do not permit any higher weight than 17.7 pounds M that is sun to be Poethlyns assignment. No horse of less than six years of age is entered and only eight ef that age. they being: Gerald I... All While. Jeffries, Irish Dragooa, Ghmeffj, Happy Trio, old lay Bridge and Cloaaree. For sack a trying race, the English believe, none but horse horses which have attained the lull maturity of tlu-ir bony ami muscular structure should be permitted to compete. Quite a number of this years nominees are more than ten years of age. the champion Poethlvn being of that age. Weights were due .laiinarv jm. The other races closed were the Champion Steeple-ehase and Liverpool Hurdle Handicap at Liverpool, s.-,.ixmi hscIi; .National Trial Steeplechase and Inter national Hurdle race at Gatwick, ,000 each; Grand lilies Steeplechase. s:.-,.SX. and Two Thousand Hurdle Pace. 0,008, bath at Manchester; National Hunt Steeplechase. ,875, and National Hunt Handicap Steeplechase, ,080, at Cheltenham and the Imperial Cup Hurdle Pace. S5.X0. at Sandown Park. All id these will be run in the month of March prior to Grand National Day. on March Lli. The An ericin bred Vanitie is in the big hurdle races.
