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who was the first produce of Agnes, did not do 

 so much good the next year. She got knocked 

 on to the rails in the Chester Cup, and ran badly 

 in the Dee Stakes the following day. After- 

 wards she appeared in a number of races, winning 

 at Croxton, beating Adine ; then went to Chester, 

 running four times at the meeting, and winning 

 on the last day. She ran twice at Manchester, 

 one of the races being three miles and a distance ; 

 and ran at Beverley the following week. And 

 this is what they call ' The soft Agnes family.' 



" The ' Agneses ' were always a little bit 

 flighty always very high-spirited. ' Old Agnes * 

 herself was peculiar in her temper; in fact, I 

 believe her dam Annette had the same traits, for 

 she could never be trained, I've heard them say. 

 Miss Agnes, an own sister to Old Agnes, had a 

 bit of temper. This Miss Agnes ran the course 

 twice or thrice, if I mistake not, at Liverpool, 

 and didn't start. She was a three-year-old in 

 1843, and a year younger than Old Agnes. Miss 

 Agnes never went to the post again after her 

 Liverpool capers. My father bred to Miss 

 Agnes, who had some produce, and he then sold 

 her and ' Old Agnes ' to Sir Tatton Sykes, and 

 they went to Sledmere. They were earning 

 Tibthorpe and Bismarck, by Weatherbit, at the 

 time. Lord Westmorland got Bismarck, and 

 a smart horse he was too. At this period a 

 two-year-old named Alfred, an own brother to 

 Miss Agnes and ' Old Agnes,' won us a number 

 of races. Then there was Lord Alfred, by 

 Chanticleer out of Agnes; he ran twenty-five 

 times as a two-year-old won ten times, ran 



