A SENSATIONAL NATIONAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 14, 16 July 1936, Page 13

A SENSATIONAL NATIONAL

The most sensational Grand National Hurdles in history was rim at Flemmgton last week, on probably the heaviest track seen for years on the great course says a Melbourne writer ■-•SrHtF 1"?* was k- icked at the post, and although "seriously injured he laboured Ainder his difficulties, and was headed, by Pooley Bridge, the winner : nnlJ. o.ver the last furlong. The riders of Sixteen Annas and The Genius made the nrst mile of the gruelling journey a suicidal sprint, and were nearly thirty lengths ahead of the field along the back the. first time. The. favourite Brilliant Son dug his toes in, and finished a furlong' behind the winners and even Pooley Bridge added to the remarkable incidents. A few weeks back he was giving his trainer (Bert Foulsham) so much trouble that he had little chance even of starting in the Grand National.

How Full Charge battled through despite his injury is a mystery. The u-ck «fc £ he sost left a bi S cash inside this oil hind leg. and although many horses do not feel the effects until they cool down, A. Fullarton, who rode Full Charge, declared that his mount falter|ed so badly at the home turn, when he had run past The Genius, that he thought he had broken down. Full Charge cleared the last jump almost crab fashion, but landed well. When he returned to scale he was very sore, and an hour after the race the swelling had extended from the stifle right down ■ the leg. The horse was got to the iiloat only with great difficulty.