RACING IN ENGLAND.

Otago Witness, Issue 2455, 3 April 1901, Page 46

RACING IN ENGLAND.

THE LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP, of lOOOsovs, added to a sweepstakes of 15sovs each, 10 ft , second to receive lOOsovs and the third 60sovs. Th? straight mile. (73 subs., 17 of whom declared.) Captpin F. C. Bald's Littlo Eva, Gyrs, 7.1 1 Mr Jarnea Joicey's Alvescot, 4yrs, 7.1 „ 2 Mr G. Cottnll's 'Lackford, 6yrs, 8.1 .. .. 3 "When the last mail left the betting was100 to 6 Little Evp, 22 to 1 Alvescot, 20 to 1 Lackford. Fofarshire was favourire at 100 to 10s. GRAND NATIONAL MEETING-. Friday, March 29. THE GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE, of 2500sovs, by subscription oi 25<sovs each; second 300sovs and third 200sovs from stake. About four miles and 856 yards. Mr B. Bletsoe's br h Grudon, by Old BuckAvis, aged, 10.0 1 Mr O. J. Wilhams's b g Drurncree, by Ascetic — Witching Hour, ?ged, 910 .. .. 2 Mr J. E. Rogerson's eh g Buffalo Bill, by Master Bill— Etna, aged, 9.7 .T to the starting foi the Liverpool Grpnd National Steeplechase several jockeys asked for a postponement of the race. The stewards declared the course fit, and the race came off. Levanter finished fourth for the Grand National. His rider mistook a fence in, the blinding snowstorm raging while the race was run. Nine horses fell, and nine finished. The betting at the start was 6 to 1 against Levanter. Grudon, the winner, ran unplaced in last year's Grand National. He h«s, however, won ftozn" i.zjior events. The S^'.- U^an, rereiiujj^

to the ex-New Zealander Levanter, said — " Ot those weighted under 10.0, Levanter 9.10 is by many considered to have a fair chance — an opinion in which I would concur ii Ma.jor Edwards could manage to make the New Zealander jump quicker." When the last mail left Home Covert Hack, Levanter, and Drumeree were the favourites, but neither Grudon nor Buffalo Bill appeared m the quotations.