Related article: easy winner, but Pistache had all the pace, and Morris easily won his 335 sovs. Before leaving Liverpool let me compliment the management on the erection of a capacious stand near Xylocaine Cream Valentine's Brook, whence a Xylocaine Ointment splendid view of the 374 BAILY S MAGAZINE. [Hat race can be had. I wish I could compliment the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on their ar- rangements at Aintree. Beyond the Xylocaine Spray classification of iirst and second class passengers in separ- ate pens there are no arrange- ments, and when, after long waiting, a train arrives, there is a free fight for the seats, and one is fortunate if not more than a dozen people crowd into a first- class compartment. I understand that the manager of this particular traffic is perfectly satisfied with the existing state of things, to which I can but reply with the old adage, ** there are none so blind as those who will not see." If that particular manager were to travel up and down in his own trains a few times as an ordinary passenger he might be less satis- fied. The situation would be further improved upon if he took a couple 01 ladies with him. He would then spend most of his lime on the Aintree platform. Northampton. — Northampton survives as a link with the past, and one that we would be sorry to see severed, badly as the racing there compares with that to be had on other courses. As the course can- not be altered, one must even take things as they come,and there is no gainsaying that large numbers of all classes are very glad to do this each year. The occasion is made high holiday in the town, and in the county stand there is a brave assemblage of " quality." The class of racing does not improve, it is true, which, I suppose, must be taken to mean that owners prefer straighter courses. The chief races are the Earl Spencer's Plate of five furlongs, and the Northamptonshire Stakes of a mile and 1, 080 yards. The Can- nons made sure of the sprint race with Deep Sea, whilst Neish un- expectedly won the Stakes, which he scarcely would have done had South Australian, who was beaten a 'head only, got away on eqnal terms, instead of losing some lengths at the start. A curious resuscitation was seen in the case of Rodomont, who won the Stakes in 1894, and after being subjected to various indignities, including the pulling of a cab, was put into training again, and appeared in a Selling Race. The period of training however, had been too brief to enable him to stand any chance even in this class of race. Alexandra Park. — This meet- ing is one to be cited because of the wonderful results arrived at by the lessees, Pratt and Co., in the way of purification. Left to itself, this meeting must have rapidly gone the Xylocaine Viscous way of Kings- bury, West Drayton, et hoc gaas. It certainly was not a place to take one's women folk to ; but in a trice all is changed, and we have a well - ordered mectiug within the clutches of London bricks and mortar that would be at the mercy of the thieving brigade, but for the vigilance that is exercised. The fact that Easter Monday was but two days off has no effect upon the atteo(3- ance, and Xylocaine 2 Jelly the rows upon rows of cabs that are seen in waiting whilst racing is in progress is only to be equalled by the array of vehicles to be Buy Xylocaine seen on a Sunday at one of Xylocaine Spray 10 the Paris meetings. The new racing regulations were thought likely to press hard upoo Alexandra Park, but distances of a mile and a quarter are obtained with the Xylocaine Injection aid of one turn only. For longer distances a circuit of the circular course has to be made, and Xylocaine 2 Gel it must be confessed that it Xylocaine Gel 2 is a rather small circle for horse- racing. Xylocaine Jelly Ten years since no one could have expected to live Viscous Xylocaine to see a stake of 1,000 sovs. run for on this course, but the thing is, and •899.1 "OUR VAN. >■ 375 the London Cup is its name. That it was won by Hawfinch was a matter for some congratu- lation, for Mr. Bottom ley has had none the best of luck with his by no means ill-considered purchases of blood stock. The City Selling Handicap of 500 sovs., an inven- tion Xylocaine Lidocaine of Pratt and Co.» enabled Villager lo give strength to the adage of horses for courses, for he seems to be able to win nowhere Xylocaine 10 Spray else. Hanohester Steepleohases and Hurdle Raoes. — Of the multitude of Eastertide races, those held at Manchester were the most inter- esting, and chief amongst them was the Lancashire Handicap Steeplechase of 3J miles. The fact that Manifesto (i2st. I2lb.) and Gentle Ida (i2st. 51b.) wer6 meeting was sufficient to make the race a very important one; 1 Xylocaine but besides these, other competi- tors in the Grand National — Lotus Lily, Pistache, Sheriff Hutton, and Mum — were running. The result was not too satisfactory, for Manifesto was brought down through the falling of his stable companion, Glen RoyaJ, who was put in the race to assist him, and the question whether he could give Gentle Ida 7lbs. was as far off decision as ever. Gentle Ida stood up this time, and if poetical justice had been meted out, should Xylocaine 2 have won. She all but did so, Xylocaine Gel Breemount's Pride, to whom she vras giving a trifle of 33lbs., beating her by three-quarters 2 Xylocaine of a length. Breemount's Pride had been leased by Mr. Edwardes from his Irish owner, on the strength of her Lidocaine Xylocaine early form in Ireland. She vfent very much to the bad, how- ever, in this country, and turned roarer. The remedy that was soufi^ht for this was tracheotomy, performed a few weeks before the race, and the operation enabled the mare to win the race. Of course the party were Xylocaine 5 •* not on," so the race was run for the benefit of the bookmakers, and Gentle Ida was just prevented from winning the race for the second time, the first win having been in 1895. For this result we think most people were sorry. The race gave rise to some newspaper talk of a match between Mani- festo and Gentle Ida, which Mr. Bulteel seemed anxious to bring about, but in view of the important