Aintree Grand National 1897

This was run on good going and the weather was cloudy. It took place on 26th March and the time was 9 mins 49 secs. The winner was trained by Mr Auliffe.

GRAND NATIONAL 1897

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Pos.	Horse	Jockey	Owner
1	MANIFESTO	T Kavanagh	Mr H M Dyas
2	FILBERT	Mr C Beatty	Mr G R Powell
3	FORD OF FYNE	Mr Withington	Major J A Orr-Ewing
4	*PRINCE ALBERT*	Mr G S Davies	Mr J S Forbes
also	LOTUS LILY	Mr A W Wood	Captain R W Ethelston
also	TIMON	Tervit	Mr R W Brown
also	FAIRY QUEEN	Mr E H Lord	Mr G S Davies
also	SEAPORT II	C James	Mr H White
also	NELLY GRAY	G Morris	Major J A Orr-Ewing
also	ARGONAUT	R Woodland	Mr J A Miller
also	WESTMEATH	W Taylor	Mr F D Leyland
also	CLAWSON	Mr W Bissill	Mr Jolland
also	NORTON	J Hickey	Mr Spencer Gollan
also	DAIMIO	H Escott	Mr C Gibson
also	CATHAL	Mr R Ward	Mr Reginald Ward
also	WILD MAN FROM BORNEO	Mr T J Widger	Miss Norris
also	THE SOARER	Mr D G M Campbell	Mr W H Walker
also	BALLYOHARA	Denby	Lord Shrewsbury
also	GOLDEN CROSS	G Wilson	Mr E P Wilson
also	BARCALWHEY	C Hogan	Captain A E Whitaker
also	RED CROSS	H Taylor	Count Zech
also	THE CONTINENTAL	H Brown	Mr A H Hudson
also	CHEVY CHASE	Anthony	Mr F F McCabe
also	GREENHILL	E Matthews	Mr C D Rose
also	MEDIATOR	Grosvenor	Lord Coventry
also	LITTLE JOE	Bland	Mr R T Bell
also	GOLDFISH	T Fitton	Mr E C Smith
also	GAUNTLET	Captain W H Johnstone	Mr F D Leyland
	*Betting*
6/1	Manifesto
7/1	Cathal
9/1	Wild Man From Borneo
10/1	Norton
100/6	The Soarer
20/1	Nelly Gray
20/1	Timon
25/1	Ford of Fyne
25/1	Greenhill
25/1	Prince Albert
25/1	Barcalwhey
28/1	Chevy Chase
33/1	Argonaut
33/1	Clawson
33/1	Golden Cross
40/1	Daimio
50/1	Fairy Queen
50/1	Seaport II
66/1	Gauntlet
66/1	Goldfish
100/1	Filbert
100/1	Westmeath
100/1	Ballyohara
100/1	Red Cross
100/1	The Continental
100/1	Mediator
100/1	Little Joe
100/1	Lotus Lily
	*Over Round 108%*

John Pinfold comments that a racecard he most covets is from 1897 or 1899 as he is a great fan of Manifesto and his jockey George Williamson (still the only man to have ridden the winner of both the Grand National and the Velka Pardubicka). He further comments that one can see Manifesto's skeleton at the University of Liverpool's Victoria Museum.

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