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the winner of 1894. The Wokingham Stakes, run 

 over six furlongs, is a species of minor edition of the 

 Hunt Cup, and, as good animals are nearly always 

 found in the field, success here adds much to a horse's 

 reputation ; except of course that] if an animal does 

 not fairly "get a mile" his character as a racehorse, 

 having regard to the assumed aim and object of racing, 

 cannot rank high. 



At Goodwood there are two noteworthy handicaps : 

 the Stakes, first run in 1823 over a distance of 22- 

 miles, and therefore a test of staying, and the Stewards' 

 Cup, run over the T.Y.C., which, as elsewhere noted, 

 is here six furlongs. The same remark that has been 

 made about the Metropolitan and the Ascot Stakes 

 applies to Goodwood. Horses of class and character 

 are rarely found in the Stakes ; and what has been 

 said about " horses for courses " also comes in here, as 

 Stumps and Orelia both won twice. This, by the 

 way, is still more remarkable in the Chesterfield Cup 

 at the same meeting, for Coomassie won it in 1876 

 and 1877, Victor Emmanuel in 1880 and 1881, and 

 Vibration in 1882 and 1883. Hampton won the 

 Stakes in 1876, and that he too liked the course is 

 demonstrated by the fact of his having carried off the 

 Cup in the following year. Bay Archer, who has 

 done good service to the stud in France, won in 1879, 

 and that good mare Corrie Roy was not stopped in 

 1883 by her 9 st, a weight that was also carried 

 successfully by Carlton in 1887. How little competi- 



