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beat Old England, and also the Duke of Rich- 

 mond's Refraction, who, however, carried 6 Ib. 

 extra for winning the Oaks. Weatherbit's next 

 race was for the Goodwood Cup, and his owner, 

 trainer, and all the patrons of the Danebury 

 stable, thought he was the best three-year-old in 

 England. Lord George, however, had won so 

 much money on the Stakes, that in backing Miss 

 Elis for the Cup the firm front maintained by his 

 opponents exercised no effect upon him, and was 

 incapable of stalling him off. In 1845 the Good- 

 wood stable and the Danebury stable were nat- 

 ural rivals, and Lord George was not the man 

 to forget when he had good reason for resenting 

 supposed wrong and injustice inflicted upon him. 

 The money, therefore, was piled upon Miss Elis 

 and Weatherbit with a recklessness which I never 

 saw equalled, and their respective supporters were 

 both equally determined to have a good pace. 

 For this purpose Lord George started Discord, and 

 Mr Gully started St Lawrence, but when the flag 

 fell Discord jumped off with the lead, and St 

 Lawrence was not speedy enough to take any 

 part in the race. So good was Miss Elis's condi- 

 tion that at the end of the first mile she passed 

 Discord, and was never again headed. After her 

 victory, Lord George, although showing no exter- 

 nal signs of elation, gave me to understand how 

 much he was gratified, exclaiming, sotto voce, "I 

 think I have at last got the better of Danebury." 



