West Point, another Irish competi-for, finished seventh, and Peneraik eighth.
Royal Mail, who, despite his top weight, made a great bid to win his second Grand National, and was always dangerous until five fences from home, came in ninth, Bachelor Prince beat Underbid by a short head in an amusing battle for last place.
The weather was perfect, and visibility had never been better with glorious spring sunshine. The attendance, amounting to 250000, was the smallest for many years, due, possibly, to the unrest in Europe.
The winners time was 9 minutes and 422/10 seconds. The winning owner had only been racing for two years. He said that all the 10.000 inhabitants of his home town, Neath, backed B. Moller), Black End f. Pote Hunt), Sy Sweep: (1) ar. A gin api. 11, T3), 182 am, 158, 213, 583, 386, Head; A Neck.
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