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Fortunately Mr. King determined to keep her 

 own sister Agility. She was not a particularly 

 ofood lookino- mare, was rather common about 

 her quarters and had a drooping tail which much 

 detracted from her appearance. She had capital 

 shoulders and was a very deep girthed mare, and 

 " handsome is that handsome does " applies re- 

 markably well to her. She won several races as 

 a two-year-old, amongst them the Seaton Delaval 

 at Newcastle, in which race she had Lord Zetland's 

 Falkland and a good field of horses behind her. 

 Falkland beat her a neck m the North Derby 

 next year, but she turned the tables on him when 

 they met in the Biennial at Stockton a few weeks 

 later, and w^on very easily, Mr. A. de Mont- 

 gomery's La Risle separating the pair. She ran 

 a slashing race with Kosicrucian for the York 

 Cup and beat him a head, but on returning to 

 scale Wells laid an objection against her on the 

 score of a jostle. There had unfortunately been 

 a bit of bumping in the race, and although no 

 blame was incurred by Piatt, avIio rode her, the 

 Stewards thought she had interfered with Rosi- 

 crucian's chance, and disqualified her accordingly. 

 This was naturally a sore disappointment for her 

 owner, but she made up for it on the Friday in 

 the Doncaster Meeting. She began by galloping 

 away from Gamos, the Oaks winner, in the Park 

 Hill ; and later on in the afternoon ran a dead 

 heat with Enterprise in the Doncaster Stakes. 



