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I fear this must be considered a bad place. With 

 regard to our two -year -olds, I fear we are alto- 

 gether in a hole with them. We have no reason 

 to think we have a two - year - old at all who 

 can give 10 Ib. to Pastoral, and I cannot make 

 him much above the form of Hooksnest and the 

 Brewer, weight for age. Gaper would give these 

 two-year-olds the best part of four stone!!! Colonel 

 Peel says a real good two -year -old should run 

 with Garry owen at 21 Ib. I can't have this ; but 

 John Day says a good two-year-old can just beat 

 St Lawrence at three stone, which is more conson- 

 ant with my notions of a two-year-old at this time 

 of year. If the Wadastra colt and the Ugly 

 Buck can do so, they have 21 Ib. in hand of the 

 best two-year-old we can turn out. I hear from 

 Philip that St Lawrence was John Day's trial 

 horse last year for his yearlings, and the two-year- 

 olds have been following him in their exercise this 

 year. John Day asked Colonel Peel how he 

 should try a good two-year-old with St Lawrence. 

 The Colonel replied, ' An out-and-out good two-year- 

 old should beat him at 21 Ib.' Upon this John 

 Day exclaimed, '21 Ib., Colonel !!! A two- year-old 

 beat St Lawrence at 21 Ib. ! ! ! Why, I will run any 

 three-year-old at Newmarket. I will run Cother- 

 stone to-morrow a mile with St Lawrence, and 

 give him 21 Ib. No, Colonel ; I say I am quite 

 satisfied to see a two-year-old beat St Lawrence 

 clever at three stone. 1 



