156 TRIALS. 



The instances I have given are so numerous, and I trust 

 so much to the point, that I think nothing more will be 

 required to show that public running is not the infallible 

 guide that many hold it to be; but rather that owners of 

 horses and those having the opportunity to watch them 

 in private trials, have the better groundwork to rely upon. 

 But I cannot conclude all reference to the topic without 

 calling to mind the circumstances of the celebrated, or as 

 some may be inclined to call her, the notorious, Lady Eliza- 

 beth, and contrasting her running as a two- and as a three- 

 year-old ; performances in the one case so extremely good, 

 in the other so wonderfully bad. It may be well at the 

 same time to cite one or two other remarkable cases which 

 will supplement what I have already said in Chapter XII. 

 on the mysteries of in-and-out running. 



As a two-year-old, Lady ElizabctJi ran thirteen times 

 winning twelve races, her only defeat being by Green Sleeves, 

 when carrying ten pounds extra in the Middle Park Plate. 

 Undoubtedly her best performance was in a match T.Y.C. 

 against Julius at ten pounds difference (equal only to an 

 allowance of seven pounds if sex be considered) when she 

 won by a length ; her opponent having only just before 

 won the Csesarewitch, a long course, which, as staying was 

 not, in my opinion, his forte, makes the victory the more 

 remarkable — for she met him at his own distance, which 

 was the T.Y.C. or at most a mile. 



As a three-year-old she could beat nothing. She ran four 

 times, and was never even placed. Her first appearance in 

 public in that year was for the Derby, her starting-price in 

 the betting being seven to four. No sporting man is likely 

 ever to forget the sensation caused by her ignominious defeat. 

 Nothing like it had been known for years, or has been known 



