SURPLICE'S AFTER CAREER. 289 



Betting 13 to 8 on Surplice, 5 to 2 agst. Glendower, 

 7 to 2 agst. Corsican. Won by a length. From the very 

 commencement Surplice ran a beaten horse, and took no 

 part in the race. 



On August 14, 1848 (a fortnight after Goodwood 

 Races), all Lord Clifden's horses left the stable 

 where they had so long been trained, and were 

 transferred to his Lordship's private racing es- 

 tablishment at Newmarket, over which Robert 

 Stephenson presided. The lot included Planet, 

 Projectile, Fallow Deer, King of Morveri, Crozier, 

 Tiresome, Czarina, Mustard filly, Slander, Tama- 

 rind, Sagacity, Archness, Surplice, Loadstone, 

 Honeycomb, Cucullus, and the Flycatcher filly. 

 It was arranged that Surplice should be kept for 

 the Doncaster St Leger, and should receive a 

 special preparation for that event. The St Leger 

 was fixed for the 13th of September, and in the 

 four and a half weeks which intervened between 

 Surplice's departure from Goodwood and the St 

 Leger day he fluctuated strangely in the betting. 



At last the St Leger day arrived, and the 

 following horses started for the race : 



Lord Olif den's b. c. Surplice (Flatman), 1. 

 Lord Stanley's br. f. Canezou (F. Butler), 2. 

 Mr B. Green's b. c. Flatcatcher (Eobinson), 3. 

 Duke of Bedford's b. c. Justice to Ireland (Templeman). 

 Mr B. Green's b. c. Assault (Winteringham). 

 Mr T. Parr's b. c. Sponge (Whitehouse). 

 Mr Humphries's b. c. Escape (J. Holmes). 

 Mr Pedley's br. c. Bessborough (J. Marson). 



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