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eleven races in which she had not suffered defeat, and 

 her winnings alone over 11,000. Whilst of his remain- 

 ing ten horses only two were beat, or, I should more 

 correctly say, were not winners. Success, however, had 

 only the effect of making his lordship impatient of de- 

 feat, and next year caused him, on almost his earliest 

 reverses, to leave Danebury for Goodwood. But the 

 change was not satisfactory, and must have reminded 

 Lord George of a certain * discontented little fish which 

 jumped out of the frying-pan into the fire.' For at 

 Goodwood, with a string increased threefold, he met 

 with nothing like the same good fortune. It is true that 

 he won many races and some important stakes with Miss 

 Elis ; but on the whole the results, due to his own mis- 

 management, must be considered much below what might 

 have been expected from one of the best studs in the 

 world. 



As to his winnings, there can be no doubt that he won 

 more over Crucifix, when she won the Oaks, than over 

 any other race. On this occasion he seriously crippled 

 the ring, which, amongst other accomplishments, he 

 sincerely hoped and tried to break. But the recupera- 

 tive powers of the magic circle are inexhaustible, and it 

 still reigns supreme, and is likely to hold undisputed 

 sway. In all her two-year-old races, as I have said, 

 Crucifix ran a winner, and in every race he backed her 

 heavily outright and for the Oaks coupled ; repeating the 

 same tactics the following year on the Two Thousand 

 and One Thousand. I see one authority puts him down 

 as having won 20,000 over the Oaks alone. This I con- 

 sider much below the mark. If we double the sum and 

 add 60,000 for his winnings on her in other races, we 

 should not perhaps be over-shooting it. 



With this outline of the results of Lord George's racing 



