Darkness hud commenced to envelope the Course ere this race was started, and for want of a night glass, we failed to distinguish the capers that were cut. Suffice it to say that refusals were plentiful, and only by sheer perseverance and flog: were the ponies induced to scramble through the mire. Cheetah came first to the jump opposite the Belle Vue, but failed to get through it, Black Prince however set the example and won, Med Herring, we understand taking second place, ridden by a Salt.
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