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with the full penalty, an achievement which always 

 counts in reckoning up a horse's capacity, and he did 

 all that was asked of him in the St. Leger without 

 difficulty. About this time the fillies were doing well. 

 Going back a little way, it is obvious that Marie 

 Stuart (in 1873), who won the Oaks, was better than 

 her stable-companion, Doncaster, who won the Derby, 

 because the two fought it out in the St. Leger, one of 

 the most exciting contests ever seen on the Town 

 Moor, and the filly beat the colt by a short head. 

 Next season, too. Apology was surely the best of her 

 year ; and Turf historians are fond of relating how 

 there was a doubt about her being able to run at 

 Doncaster, as she had shown signs of lameness, and 

 how her owner — who was a clergyman — insisted upon 

 her fulfilling her engagement, which she won gallantly 

 in the hands of John Osborne. 



In 1883 there was what is called a sensational 

 Derby, Galliard, Highland Chief, and St. Blaise, all 

 three having staunch supporters, running a close finish, 

 and only the judge could say for certain which had 

 won. There were ugly rumours about the race into 

 which it is not necessary to go at present. Charles 

 Wood on St. Blaise shot round Tattenham Corner in 

 a fashion of which Archer was very fond when he got 

 the chance ; thus St. Blaise gained some two lengths, 

 and his resolute jockey never lost his advantage. St. 

 Blaise, it may be added, went to America, where he 

 has done excellent service at the stud. In 1884 it is 



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