THE GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE MEETING.

Bruce Herald, Volume XI, Issue 1013, 28 May 1878, Page 7

THE GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE MEETING.

[By Telegbaph.] Chbistchubch, May 24th. The Grand National Steeplechase Meeting cold. was held to-day. The weather was dull and MAIDEN PLATE,

Turk and Cannon Ball also ran. . Betting : 6to 4 against Sir Tatton, 3to 1 others. - . ■( Sir- Tatton led over the first fence. Cannon Ball, Stockman, and Mickey Free were close astern, but Turk refusing, was out of the race. Sir Tatton increased his lead, and opposite the stand Cannon Ball fell, Lunn sustaining fracture of the collar-bone. At the jump, entering the straight Sir Tatton was a little in front, and all the others close up. Sir Tatton led over the last fence, but fell. tO'Brcn waß not much hurt, and quickly re-mounted. In the meantime Stockman and Mickey Free went to the front. 1 Stockman came in an easy first, and Sir Tatton raced Mickey Free for second place, and beat him by a length. Time 6min> 27sec. HUHT CLUB'S COP. Of 150 soys. Weight for age. About three

Betting— Even on Mousetrap, 6 to l'Te Whetu, 4 to 1 others. Mousetrap and Shark cat out the running, Shillelagh third, Te Whetu fourth. All the horses jumped well throughout. Mousetrap and Shark kept well together till they entered the third mile, when Mousetrap went to the front— Te Whetu closing up. At the bottom of the course Te Whetu and Shark overhauled Mousetrap. A fine race up the straight resulted in Te Whetu win : ning by half a length from Shark, who beat Mousetrap by several lengths ; Shillelagh a . good fourth. Don was beaten off. GRAND NATIONAL HANDICAP, Of, 200 sove. About list 41bs . , Markov's Mousetrap, 121bs ... (M'Coy) 1 Neilson's Moose, lOst , „ 2 Seabright's Oetland, lO» fc Sß> ... (Lyford) 3 Shark, Fakar, Lunatic, and Don also ran. , Shillelagh and Agent were scratched. Moose made the running, Mousetrap second, Eversley third, Fakir fourth. Mousetrap took the lead at the second fence ; all cleared the stone wall in capital style, Eversley astonishing every one by the way he took his jumps. At the fourth fence he secured second place. Mousetrap maintained a good lead till commencing the third mile, when Eversley closed up, Moose and Fakir alternately running third, the others tailing off. After passing the Stand for the second time, Te Whetu, lying.fourth, began to go up but fell at the fence next to the stone wall and was out of the race. Mousetrap and Eversley raced along the back of the course at a tremendous pace. Opposite the Stand Eversley showed to the front, but at the double Mousetrap resumed the lead Moose and Fakir cannoned here both coming down, but were soon at work again. Mousetrap increased the lead, and entered the straight ten lengths in front of Eversley. The latter baulked at the last jump, and persistently refused to go over, giving the Moose .and Fakir time to come up. Mousetrap won as he liked Moose beat Zetland by a head for- second place. Time, lOmin. ISJsec.

miles. : Neilson's Te Whetu ... ... (CBrien) 1 Doleman's Shark, ••• ; ••• ... (Sheehan) 2 Blarney's Mousetrap ... ... (M'Ooy) 3 Frazer's Shillelagh ..." ... (Stevenson) ~ 0

Of 100 sots. Weight for age.: Two miles. Keith's Stockman ... ... ... (Sheenan) 1 Neilson's Sir Tatton .... ... (O'Brien 2 Fisher's Mickey Free ... ....(Hawkins) 3