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subsequently sold her to Count Ordody for ^450. She 

 was well backed and looked in excellent condition. Mr. 

 Beasley, who rode her, lost a stirrup duringr the latter 

 part of the race, and in trying to regain it lost much 

 ground, but when set going again. Empress passed 

 her horses one by one, and was so fresh at the end 

 that she is said to have jumped close upon thirty feet 

 over the last hurdles. At any rate she won by some- 

 thing like two lengths, and her victory cost the Ring 

 something like /i 5,000, but she could never be trained 

 afterwards. The finely shaped Downpatrick subse- 

 quently made his appearance at several horse shows 

 as a hunter sire, and some of his stock have turned 

 out well. 



1881 



Capt. Kirkwood's " Wood brook," aged, 



1 1 St. 3 lb Mr. T. Beasley i 



Machell's "Regal," aged, 11 st. 



12 lb Jewitt ... 2 



Mr. L. de Rothschild's " Thornfield," 



5 yrs., 10 St. 9 lb R. Marsh . . 3 



Thirteen started. Betting :— 1 1 to 2 each Woodbrook and Thorn- 

 field ; 1 1 to I Regal. 



The field of thirteen starters was made up of The 

 Liberator, Fairwind, Abbot of St. Mary's, Little Prince, 

 New Glasgow, Montauban, Cross Question, The Scot, 

 Fabius, and Buridan, while the occasion is memorable 

 from the fact that Fred Webb, the well-known flat race 

 jockey (now trainer), rode The Scot, which afterwards 

 belonged to the Prince of Wales. The horse, which this 

 year belonged to Captain Machell, ran in the name of 

 Mr. J. B. Leigh in 1882, when he was ridden by the late 

 James Jewitt and was unplaced, while in 1884 he carried 

 the Prince of Wales' colours, the late John Jones, who 

 then trained for the Prince of Wales, being his jockey. 



The horses were sent away at the first attempt ; 



