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Some hoped it might be " yellow, scarlet cap, and 

 gold tassel " ; others inclined to " blue and white 

 cap." At last it was carried unanimously that it 

 was expedient that the two colours be amalga- 

 mated, as upon the present occasion. 



What was left of the feast was given to the 

 wives and families of the labourers who served 

 the owner of Miss Elis. 



Although Miss Elis had won the Stakes and 

 Cup, both races being over a long and severe 

 course, Lord George resolved, much to my regret, 

 to pull her out for the Chesterfield Cup on the last 

 day of the meeting. Her race for the Cup had 

 been a very trying ordeal, as the pace was tre- 

 mendous, and Weatherbit, whom she beat, was 

 undoubtedly a good horse. Despite the 7 Ib. 

 extra which she carried in the Chesterfield Cup, 

 making her weight 6 stone 13 Ib., Miss Elis 

 started favourite at 3 to 1 in a field of nineteen. 

 She was beaten a long way, and finished . almost 

 last, .the Cup being won by Mr Etwall's -^Egis, 

 who was seriously disappointed in the Stakes by 

 coming into collision with a post before referred to. 

 From the effects of the two last races Miss Elis 

 never really recovered, and Weatherbit, after his 

 defeat for the Cup, was never the same animal again. 

 In the Doncaster St Leger, won by The Baron, he 

 was beaten a long way, and next day, with odds 

 of 3 to 1 on him, was defeated for the Three-Year - 

 Old Stakes of 200 sovereigns each by Sir R. W. 

 Bulkeley's Chertsey a very moderate horse. 



