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their praise," recording their ages and retailing their 

 achievements. Lily Agnes's produce was as follows: 

 Narcissus, by Speculum, in 1878 ; Eastern Lily, by 

 Speculum, in 1880; Rossington, by Doncaster, in 1881; 

 Farewell (winner of the One Thousand Guineas), by 

 Doncaster, in 1882; Ormonde, by Bend Or, in 1883; 

 Ossory, by Bend Or, in 1885; Fleur de Lis, by Bend 

 Or, in 1886; Ornament, by Bend Or, in 1887; Arklow, 

 by Bend Or, in 1889; and Orelio, by Bend Or, in 

 1894. 



Though not in chronological order with our story, 

 the following account from the present John Osborne 

 himself of the Agnes family may not be deemed out of 

 place : 



" Old Sir Tatton Sykes took a dislike to Polly 

 Agnes as a yearling because she was so very 

 small and weedy, but she grew into a big un 

 as a three-year-old. He asked old Mr. Snarry, 

 his stud groom, if he would have her, and he at 

 once jumped at the chance. She was at once 

 taken away from Sledmere to Mr. Snarry's son's 

 farm, which was close to Sir Tatton's paddocks. 

 She was tried fairly as a two-year-old, but did 

 not do much good. She was covered as a three- 

 year-old, and during that season won the St. 

 Wilfred Handicap at Eipon; also the Scar- 

 borough Handicap, carrying her first foal a 

 colt named Rural Dean, by Cathedral. Her 

 second foal was Lily Agnes, by Macaroni. We 

 tried Lily Agnes on Middleham Moor in the 

 spring as a two-year-old at even weights with 

 Euphrosyne and Organist, the latter being also 

 a three-year-old. She beat Organist a head, 

 with Euphrosyne last. She was never beat as 



