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WORLDS BIG STEEPLECHASE Liverpool Grand National Falls to Noted Jumper Troytown Lightly Weighted The Turk II IIFinishes Finishes Second and an Ameri Amerif f can Bred Horse Is Third LONDON Kngland Mnrch 20 The Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase of the value of 110 was run iver the famous Aintree course near Liverpool toda and was won by Major Gerrards sixyearold I rown gelding Troytown by Xria Diane carryii g 103 pounds C Wiltoxs ten Mirold brow i gelding Turk II by Turks Cap CapKthel Kthel Darling KIJ pounds finished second and II Itrowns nineyear dd Amerioanbred bay geld ¬ ing The Pore by Ormondale Petlie Itrainble Ml pounds was third Hie winner was ridden by J R Anthony and started at i to 1 It was Cli 1 i 1 against Turk 11 and 28 to 1 against The Rorc Twentyfour horses started but only five finished Troytown the winner is a pure Irish bred horse foaled and trained in Ireland He is a brown gelding seven years old by Zria Diane was bred by Major Nugent and did not begin to raws until last year when he won three of six races for Major Gcrrard including the 1 JOOO Grand Steeple ¬ chase of Paris at Auleuil France the Champion Steeplechase at Liverpool and the Silvcrpark Maiden Steeplechase at Wolvcrhamplon Troytowns first i waywas rfhirth in the Seaside JSteeplwIuisi ui Jiildoyle Dnhlinf He was second to Mayor Saxhnm in the Stewards Steeplechase at Lingfield and ran nut of the course while leading in the Stanley Steeplechase at Liverpool the day Ikfore 1oethlyns 10PI victory in the Grand National NationalIn In the race Mrs Hugh K K Peels horse Poethlyn the favorite and Rritains jumping champion met his second defeat in three years He raced indifferently as a young horse but as an eightyearold Poethlyn began his victorious career and since then 11I1S he has been beaten but once before yesterday at Lingfield under Jockey Club rules and had won twelve consecutive races up to Fridays Grand National He won the Gatwick Substitute in 1JIS and the 101S race with todays weight 175 pounds up Last February at Lingfield he was handicapped for a steeplechase with 102 pounds but did not start in the race Pocthlyn is 10 years old by Rydal Head Fine Champagne and his name is Welsh for whisky His owner lives in Shropshire adjacent to Wales the Jeel estate being named RrynyPys RrynyPysPAST PAST WINNERS OF GHAAD NATIONAL NATIONALHere Here is a list of the winners of the Grand Na ¬ tional since 1SSO together with the number of starters the weight carried by the winner and tin rider of the winner Year Horse Rider StsWt Time TimeMr 3SSO Empress Mr T Rcasley14 117 101S 101SMr 3 SSI Woodbrook Mr T Reasley 157 ll5o ll5oLord 1XS2 Seaman Lord Manners 12 ICO 1042 3SS Zoedone Count Kinsky 10 154 11 1554 Voluptuary Mr K P Wilsonir 14 li05 li05Mr 3SS5 Roquefort Mr K P Wilsonli 151 1010 1010T 3SSO Old Joe T Skelton 2t 140 1014 1SS7 Gamreoek Daniels 10 ir4 101 1555 Playfair Mawsou 0 147 101 ISSll Frigate Mr T Peasley 0 15S 1001 1001A SK Ilex A NightingalllO 145 1041 s 1SOI Come Away MIM II Reasley21 100 05S 1MI2 Kath OFlynn Capt E R Owcn25 145 fl S Cloister DolMy 15 175 042 042JMH JMH Why Not Nighlingall 107 015 0153MI5 3MI5 Wild Man Manfrom from Rorneo Mr J WidgerlO 151 10t2 3 SOO The Sourer Mr D M G GCampbell Campbell 2S 10 1011 10113S07 3S07 Manifesto T Kavaiiangh 28 157 040 1 SOS Drogheda Gourley 25152 0i 0i3SOK 3SOK Manifesto G Williamson 10 375 040 IlOO Ambush Anlhonv 10 ir7 1001 NightingalllM 340 047 f fD llflili Shannon Lass D Read 21 141 100 Ill Drumcree P Woodland 1 157 10JSf 10JSfA 31104 Moifaa A Pireli 1W 147 5S5 1005 Kirkland F Mason J7 150 04Sf 100 Ascetics Sil ¬ ver Hon A Hasting23 140 0M = S SA 3007 Kremon A Newev iT 141 Tl71 1IOS Itubio H Plctsoe J4 145 100 100Parfrcment 3Mi Lutteur III Parfrcment J2 151 js jsR 310 Jenkinstown R Chadwick 25 145 1004 3111 Menside Mr J Anthony 20 14 105 Hill Jerry M K Piggott 24 175 01 = 5 liit Covertcoat P Woodland 22 1 0 1010 31114 Sunloch W J Smith 27 133 05Sf 3015 Ally Sloper J Anlh 20 11 K 047 310fVermouth J Reanlon 21 KM 1022 10223017IIallymacad 3017IIallymacad K Driscoll 1 13S 1012 101211I1S 11I1S Poethlyn K Piggott 17 K0 050 301 PoPthlyn K Piggott 22 175 10OS 3020 Troytown J Anthony Kit Record for the race racefSubstitute fSubstitute race run at Gatwick GatwickAltogether Altogether seventysix Grand Nationals have been decided Of these ten have fallen to mares The heroines of the race are as follows Miss Mowbray 1S52 Anatis 1810 Jealousy ISlil Kmblem 18K5 Kmblematic ISiM Casse Tete 1872 KmplKs ISSO and Shannon IMSS 1102 1102The The largest Held that ever ran for the race under notice was thirty two in Abdel Kadirs 1850 year thirty ran for Salamanders 1800 race one less when Chandler ISIS got home while twenty eight have carried silk in four Nationals won by Matthew 1S47 Emigrant 1357 Disturbance 1873 and Manifesto 1S07 Only ten were sad ¬ dled when ZoeUone 1883 was returned the winner j previously Charity 1841 had triumphed in a Held tif eleven Since then both Shifnal 1S7S and Sea I man 1S82 have carried off the spoils in fields of a dozen George Stevens made a unique record as regards Continued on second page WORLDS BIG STEEPLECHASE jockeyship winning the race five times on Free Trader MS5i Emblem 1SIJ3 Emblematic IMit and twice on The Colonel 1S01I70 Previously Tom Oliver won three times as slated above Since then Mr Thomas T Ueaslcy and W Nighlingall have each been successful on three occasions The former was an assumed name of Thomas Pickernell the rider of Anatis lSliO The Lamb 1S71 and Path tinder 1S75 Tom Heiisley was up on Empress 1SSO AVoodbrook 1SS1 and Frigate ISSl AVhile the latter famous jockcv rode Ilex 1S 0 Why Not 1S5I1 and Condon 1501 in all Nightin gall has ridden in fourteen Livcrpools and has been placed live times timesTHE THE GRAND NATIONALS STIEF COURSE COURSEThe The description of the obstacles in the course of the Grand National Steeplechase course at Aintree the stiffest in the world near Liverpool gives some idea of the reasons why high value is placed on the horse that can carry big weight over them and race through plowed fields and various other kinds of footing at a slashing pace from end to end of the journey of four miles and a half or to put it exactly about four miles and 65ti yards The details of the jumps are i iNo No 1 and 17 Thorn fence with brush 4 ft li in high and H ft thick breast rail H ft high on takeoff side close up against fence fenceNo No H and IS Thorn fence with brush 4 ft S in high breast rail H ft high on takeoff side close up against fence fenceNo No 3 and I Thorn fence with brush 5 ft high with ditch on takeoff side about 5 ft wide and 4 ft deep and banked to guard rail in front of said ditch H ft high highXo Xo 4 and HO Kail fence with brush the breast rail being H ft high close up against fence and the fence 5 ft high and H ft thick thickXo Xo and HI Thorn fence with brush breast rail H ft high close up against fence and the fence 4 ft 10 in high and H ft thick thickNo No li and HH Known as Hechers Hrook n thick thorn fence spruced 4 ft 10 in high with breast rail H ft high in front close up against fence and a natural ditch about 4 ft i in wide and 4 ft deep on the far side sideNo No 7 and H3 Thorn fence with brush 4 ft 10 in high with breast rail in front H ft high close up against fence fenceXo Xo S and H4 Known as the canal turn a thorn fence with brush Ti ft high and H ft 0 in in width ditch on takeoff side r ft li in wide and banked to guard rail in front H ft high highNo No 5 and Hr Known as Valentines Hrook a thorn fence spruced 4 ft li in high with a breast rail in front H ft high close to fence and a natural brook on far side 5 ft wide wideNo No 10 and Hli Thorn fence with brush 5 ft high and H ft thick with breast rail on takeoff side close up against fence fenceNo No 11 and H7 Kail H ft high a ditch about 5 ft i in wide and 4 ft deep and a thorn fence with brush on far side 4 ft J in high highNo No 1H and HS Kail H ft high fence with brush 4 ft 10 in high and H ft thick and ditch on far side 0 ft wide wideNo No 13 and H5 A thorn fence witli brush 4 ft li in high breast rail H ft high close up against fence fenceNo No 14 and 30 A thorn fence with brush 4 ft i in high breast rail H ft high close up against fence fenceNo No 15 Thorn fenre with brush 5 ft high and H ft li in in width ditch on takeoff side 5 ft wide and hanked to guard mil in front H ft high highXo Xo 1C The water jump 10 ft wide with thorn fencu with briish 3 ft high oil takeoff side
