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profess to admire a carefully planned and well 

 executed coup, yet infinitely prefer a genuine 

 honest performer that is always running and 

 generally winning races. She used to farm the 

 Queen's Plates, thirty-one of which fell to her 

 lot As might be expected, she was generally 

 a hot favourite in these races, the public putting- 

 down their money manfully. On one occasion, 

 at Liverpool, they considered themselves justified 

 in laying 20 to 1 on lier, and this time disaster 

 attended them, for after a desperate race she was 

 beaten by a short head by Mr. Harvey's Stanton. 

 She won the Northumberland Plate twice, in 

 1863 and 1864, and was immensely popular with 

 the pitmen. The following year she attempted 

 to give Brown Bread, a grandson of old Agnes, 

 by the way, 37lb., and was beaten by a neck. 

 She was heavily backed, especially by the Tyne- 

 siders, who thought her a second Beeswing, and 

 would hear of nothing else. Their disappoint- 

 ment at her defeat was keen indeed, far keener 

 than the mere loss of the money could have 

 caused, and they did not look with much favour 

 on the winner. ^' If it hadn't been for that 

 Bwoon Bweed 'tard meeaw would ha' won agean," 

 said one of them, and they cherish her memory 

 still, with that of old Beeswing and the game 

 little Underhand.* 



■■' Beeswing won the Gold Cup at Newcastle in 183G, 1837, 

 1838, 1839, 1841, and 1812; was second to Lanercost in 1840; 



