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lias ever seen. The eldest of the three, Lily 

 Agnes, was foaled in 1871. She was a game 

 looking mare, light of flesh like her grandam, but 

 with immense propelling power and famous limbs. 

 She also has the lop-ears which are a peculiarity 

 of the family. When she was put into training 

 she soon made it evident that she is a bread- 

 winner, for she won the four races for which she 

 started as a two-year-old with the greatest 

 case. She won seven races out of ten in 1874, 

 the most important of her victories being the 

 Northumberland Plate, which she won cleverly, 

 carrying Gst. lUb. ; and the Doncaster Cup, in 

 which she beat The Scamp, the winner of the 

 Goodwood Stakes. But her greatest performance 

 was when, in 1875, she won the Great Ebor 

 Handicap, carrying 8st. 8lb. She had a field of 

 good performers behind her, amongst them being 

 such flyers as Aventuriere, the winner of the 

 Cesarewitch the previous year, and of the Good- 

 wood Cup ; and Apology, from both of whom 

 she was in receipt of 6lb. 



Tiger Lily was not so successful as her elder 

 sister, her principal victory being in the Great 

 Northern Leger at Stockton, where she upset a 

 very hot favourite in the Katherine Logie gelding. 



Jessie Agnes also won a few valuable races, 

 but her record is far below that of her sister, Lily 

 Agnes. As a two-year-old the Seaton Delaval 

 fell to her lot ; and she also ran a dead heat with 



