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BIG ENGLISH STEEPLECHASE FIELDS took in the big bigjumping oo IHIBC iicm i IIIHMB part jumping races this spring springIn In the UOO National Hunt Steeplechase of one mile and five furlongs at Cheltenham March 10 there were twentynine starters anil Prudhomme a sixyearold gelding by Pain Prudence third choice at 10 to 1 and ridden by the crack amateur Mr C Brabazon won easily by six lengths from The Twister 17 to 1 and Lucy Glitters the favorite Ten horses fell in the race among them Mothers Gift which divided favoritism witli Lucy Glitters GlittersIn In the Grand National a few days later there were twenty four starters and hardly one of tin big races have less than twenty in their starting fields fieldsIn In the 1300 National Hunt Handicap Steeple ¬ chase three and a quarter miles at Cheltenham March 11 only sixteen horses started The gelding Gerald L 5 by Captivation Laveuna ridden by the professional F Dainty and second choice at 7 to lj won easily by four lengths from Mythical the stout to l favorite and General Saxhum SaxhumIn In the field were eight Grand National candidates none of which was placed in the big race They were Gerald L General Saxham Chmree The Turk II Culprit Childlike AVavebeam and Schoolmoncy Seven horses fell in Has race among them jlourOo one of the Irish hopes for the Grand National But the Irish scored in the big Liverpool race as their first choice Troytown Avon
