Show YANI HORSE LEADS UNTIL LAST FENCE Easter Hero Finishes 2nd 1000 Americans See Billy Barton Drop Out AINTREE England 22 AP by My From St. St Germaine owned by a woman Mrs M. M 1 l f. r. r Gemmell won von the tho classic Grand National steeplechase steeplechase steeple steeple- chase toda today Easter Hero owned by an American J. J H. H Whitney was second in tile tho gruelling contest while Richmond owned by R. R McAlpine Mc- Mc Alpine finished third was the winner by six lengths There were no bad accIdents accidents accI- accI dents to mar the great race although although al- al though the record field o of sixty sixty- six dwindled rapidly as the horses swept around the tho second circuit ot of the grilling course Easter Hero led throughout until the second fence from home when forged to the front AMERICAN HORSE TAKES JUMP HARD difficult hazard on which r Hero lost his chance to win the worlds world's greatest feature and the to that goes with it was n. n rail raU ditch and fence fence-a tough enough barrier to test the spirit even of a horse that just started Instead ot of almost finished the four and one half mile test Easter Enster Hero was equal to the occasion but his fast traveling rival cleared the obstacle moro more swiftly and swooped on over the final water jump to victory It was the second successive year rear in which the winner of the Grand National was n. n to 1 shot almost al- al most totally neglected by the ex- ex Last year It was Tipperary Tim wh who won at tho same odds dds after Dilly Billy Barton Americas America's lead lead- ing candidate had fallen on the last jump while in the lead and all theother the theother other entries had spilled their hopes and riders by th tho wayside wayside- ONE OF YOUNGEST a 7 year old old ear was one of the youngest entries in this strange horse racing fixture in inI which tile the race is not always to tile the I younger and in which the average of the entries was moro more than 10 Years Americas America's standard standard- standard bearers bearers were not without honor although Edster E stet Hero was the tho only horse to carry that country's colors to the finish among the first three Th crowd ot of more than 1000 Americans in tile the great outpouring of nearly persons who watched found plenty to cheer about as Easter Hero led ledat ledat at the enc ot of tho first circuit and nd the per cent American Billy Barton came up to pass him as they started the opening stretch of the second round BILLY BARTON DROPS OUT But the American hopes for a Billy Barton victory were destined to be lost in th that t second and last wild gallop around the treacherous strewn hazard course as horses and men went down together together to- to gether in a tange ot of legs and hoofs Only seven horses In all completed ed the course although six sixty started out Billy Barton finally came to grief griefIn In the country far from the stands and ot of the nine owned American entries Easter Hero was the only one to finish |