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end of the stand enclosure the four great horsemen 

 of the day are singled out, Custance and Wells hard 

 on the Kingsclere pair, and Fordham, with a " Lord 

 Clifden " eye on Daley, preparing for a final rush. 



1 The shouts are fearful, for the struggle's close, 

 And no one knows how strong he'll get the dose ; 



Now, Hawley frown 



On poor Blue Gown, 

 For, in spite of private spins, 

 The best mare since Blink Bonny's year — 

 'Tis Lady Elizabeth wins. 



1 Thus, then, my five months verdict remains 

 unchanged ; and as I have persisted all through 

 the piece that the favourite would win the Derby if 

 well on the day, I must finish as I began with 



'Lady Elizabeth .... First 

 Suffolk Second.' 



The foregoing ebullition is dated ' Epsom, 

 Tuesday,' the day before the Derby. 



To resume, Rosicrucian was pretty well done 

 with for that season — the season, by the way, that 

 Satyr won the Royal Hunt Cup — under the extra- 

 ordinary circumstances already related. In recalling 

 1868, while refreshing his memory by turning over 

 the pages of the ' Calendar,' Porter cannot refrain 

 from dwelling on the form which proved how 

 wonderfully good those two-year-olds were. Xi 

 won the Queen's Stand Plate, giving three stone 

 all but a pound to Abstinence (2 yrs., 6 st. 9 lb.), 

 beating her a length and a half, and Blue Gown 

 won the Gold Cup by four lengths at Ascot, King 

 Alfred being two lengths off, third, while The 

 Palmer carried off the Liverpool Cup, beating 



