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EARLY NATIONALS QUEER RULES The English Grand National was instituted in 183 and its original title was the Grand Liverpool Steeplechase One of the conditions reads strangely nowadays viz Xp rider to oiien a gate or ridi Ithrnngli a gateway or more than 100 yards along any road footpath or driftway Kacji competitor carried IOS pounds and according lo the conditions only gentlemen were avowed to ride but this stipu ¬ lation wus not enforced Among the riders was one Captain Beclier who canie donn lAavily at a brook crossing the course From that time the obstacle has been known si BrchcrsBrOuli
