Then came the most eagerly awaited race of the afternoon—the mile and a quarter open race. Sparkling Morn made his reappearance here and, looking well in the paddock, he was made a hot favourite, but could do no better than come in third, He probably needed the race.
Night Express led all the way and came wide into the straight to take advantage of the firm going. Sparkling Morn challenged but faded out when Roehampton, on whom Clark rode a magnificent race, crept up and then answered when his rider called on him to put in terrific finish to just get the better of game Night Express by a head. MeNair has thus lost two races by the shortest of heads, Well, the head will be in his favour one d The seller was won by Invicta, ridden by Gram, and passed to the indrad and seventy five What will he be? Invi STEEPLECHASE. From Loong-Fei Gate, Once Round and In, White Whiskers (Liddell) 153 John Sparke 1
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.