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...Nationals, last week's was run on a fair day: most of the crowd saw what happened at the jump-Really True, the favorite, bumped a loose horse and landed in the water. Delaneige came up to the front a mile from home, leading Golden Miller, Forbra and Thomond II. A girl in the crowd squealed "Here comes Golden Miller." Running easily, carrying his weight of 170 Ib. as lightly as a box of matches, Golden Miller passed Delaneige and the four of them took the last fence together. Delaneige landed ahead of the others but 50 yd. past...
...Golden Miller, Dorothy Paget's favorite for next fortnight's Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree: the Cheltenham Gold Cup, over three miles and three furlongs; at Cheltenham, England; with Thomond II. owned by Miss Paget's cousin, John Hay ("Jock") Whitney, second. Next day, a Whitney entry in next week's Grand National-Dusty Foot, ridden by George H. ("Pete") Bostwick-ran second to Ego, in Cheltenham's National Hunt Chase...