Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-01

markable chasers of any period. It is not
SO long ago that the annual temperance
OF Manifesto's name in the list of starters
Tor the Liverpool Grand National was a
matter or course. He was recently chloro-
formed by his humane owner, Mr. j. q.
bulteeL a noted English steeplechase
owner, to end the suffering resulting from
an injury received in a race about a year
and half ago.
Mahliesto was nineteen years old at the
time OF his death In 1897 he won the IAv-
:. Poul GTand National for the first time
bhtiu lepeated this two years later. When
| ne won in 1897 the horse was owned nv II
IA Dyas, who led him back to the weigh
s room mis- arms around the horses
neck; When Manifesto won the race for
W. buiteel IN 1899 he carried 175 pounds
alu ms rider, George Williamson, was pre-
scented with a check for Sl0Oo0 The ia
nero was safe, If slow, Jumper. and was
aIways standing up" when the majority
1 Vi ms competitors had fallen.
90 purposes of comparison the nIcturas
I,.al.a,n, lIesto and Dandolo are unfinished
az. win 1t is always interesting 10 know
liz T Tt champion of his kind looks
IKE Ihere are many who claim ira Pnt,
crockett will at the close of tha sor ,sn
Ieo,iihs season, take his place &C tbe hat
VI 'iS cldss-that is. in cross country snort
now the English sporting naner.
are Gaming attention to the great en,aro,,3
Isuperlorlty Of French steepIechasers 80
thosa is i I.e OF the prizes in France over
that NJ Island and are asking why II IS
eio' ~ such great race as that ,s,,aii,
run at Auteuil on the first Sunday a. T,,-y
cannot De duplicated at one ~ ~ ~
Sourses near London. 1t Is. of course MI
: AnoWh mat the French turf can affa,.S az ~
&C. more hDeral in prizes than the Enpi,sb
part ~. iedsohs' The chief races near
atls are run on Sunday. the gate r,or,'l,,
oelhg therefore very large. and tbis go
plehented with the eight ner CO.. ~
eih Vush the operations Of the mari rn,,t,,aI
napie the respective homogeneous 10 LA
} 800 enormous sums as $25 00l to the chiag
S9vaAes' rms is not the case In En4land
Ihere Is no Sunday racing, noleovarSr,11as'uut
eaA On pettlng, and hence much less rev
ehue 10 depend on. Still, the TJvernooI
Grand National and the Lancashire stee'
plechase, both worth about SIS OCO, are well
The Liverpool Grand National is also in
Iterestlng to Americans this wear haoa,,-.
= of the fact that FoxhaII Keena 80 USE Use
entry In the American bred geiIina
: Frophet Ill, son of Horoscope Tbis
I racer was destined by Mr.. Keene ~ he
! USED as hunter over the Meadow Rro ~
} eiu other hunting rendezvous here, but In
= the summer of 1905 Mr.. Keene sold ali HE
hunters dogs, &c. Prophet was knool,a5
) down to bid of $1,000, and the name ~ a
4 well known Irish hunting man was gven
{ as ms purchaser. Since then nothi- q
mas been heard OF Prophet until he
was entered for the English race. He had
, never run and was allotted l45 pounds by
the handicapped. He was shipped to Eng
land In December and is now under ne
: care OF Joseph Cannon al Newmarket.
4 An interesting feature Of cross country
sport which Is being slowly but surely de-
, veloped in America is the military steenIa-
, chase, the first of which, seen at Morris
l Park last October. was publicly approved
by General Grant and as an immed ate
e effect Lieutenant Martin, who Represented
3 the regular army in the race, made many
: recommendation tending toward popular
izing military steeplechases which are
y frequently held In the countries of Europe.
: where fearless horsemanship is common.