SPORTING.
GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. FAVORITE FALLS AND BREAKS HIS LEG. A GREAT STRUGGLE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Melbourne, July 18. The Grand National Steeplechase resulted as follows : Freedom 1 Bethnal 2 Africa 3
All tho acceptors but Crusado started. The hotting was 5 to 1 Laceby, 14 to I Freedom. Tho favorite fell at tho fir*t fence ; ho broke his leg and had to be destroyed. Freedom held a prominent position most of tho way, and after a groat struggle in tho straight with Bethnal, won by three-quarters of a length. Timo, 6.02,
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 157, 15 July 1901, Page 2
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