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the Seaton Delaval Stakes, the chief two-year- 

 old race of the meeting, that same week. As a 

 two-year-old Lily Agnes won four times, and as 

 a three-year-old she won at Croxton Park; she 

 was beaten at Chester, through a false run race. 

 Then there was her Northumberland Plate of 

 74, carrying 6 st. 10 Ibs. as a three-year-old a 

 good performance over the two miles. She won 

 the York and Doncaster Cups at the August 

 meeting. Her Ebor Handicap as a four-year- 

 old, carrying 8 st. 8 Ibs., was a smart perform- 

 ance. She would leave us the following year 

 in 76, just before the Northumberland Plate, 

 and then was trained by Charles Lund. The 

 party connected with the mare came for her to 

 Middleham on the Monday night of the 

 Northumberland Plate week, the race being run 

 on the following Wednesday, and took her away 

 from Ashgill I don't know for why, though it 

 was said afterwards that Mr. Snarry, or those 

 connected with the mare, thought Mr. Bragg 

 had got all the money in the market both in 

 Newcastle and London. That's what I was told. 

 She hit her leg a short time before the 

 Northumberland Plate, in which she only made 

 a moderate show. After Charles Lund got her 

 she won the Roxburgh Handicap at the close 

 of the year. She then went to Mr. Snarry's 

 place as a brood mare, and then was sold to 

 the Duke of Westminster. 



" Organist we had as a two-year-old, and he 

 was sold in the spring of the following year to 

 Mr. Vyner. Tom Hughes, of Epsom, had him 

 after Mr. Vyner was done with him; then he 



