Pursuing the same liberal system which marked their conduct in the establishment of their Spring and Summer Races, the Liverpool people have got over their first steeple chace (sic) with a success which, accustomed as they are to see everything prosper, must have astonished even themselves. To get up a Grand Steeplechase of this kind, with National appeal, so as to afford satisfaction to all parties, is no easy matter even with those who have had the benefit of many years of experience. It is no small credit to the spirited proprietor of the Waterloo Tavern, Mr Lynn, and his coadjutor, Mr Webster, that their maiden efforts should have realised such flattering results. By a most admirable arrangement, the line of country chosen commenced and finished opposite the Grand Stand on the Aintree Race course, the spectators being thus enabled to congregate in one spot instead of being dispersed to all parts. The company was very numerous and highly respectable, the principal gentry fro Liverpool, Manchester and Chester. A vast number of fashionable ladies graced the Stand. |
