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syllable breathed against Webb, who is a skilled 

 artist ; but, in the race in question, Archer came at 

 the right moment with one of his meteor rushes, 

 and caught him napping. Paradox was a slug and 

 wanted sending along, and sending along almost 

 from start to finish. Had this been done, the 

 jockey keeping at it, he would probably have won 

 by three or four lengths. These, at any rate, are 

 John Porter's maturely considered views, and such 

 is his unalterable opinion. Paradox then went to 

 France, and won the Grand Prix very easily by a 

 length. He afterwards won the Sussex Stakes at 

 Goodwood, giving that good horse, Royal Hampton, 

 who had been third in the Derby, 10 lb. ; also the 

 Champion Stakes at the Newmarket Second October; 

 and the Free Handicap Sweepstakes at the Houghton 

 meeting. The last named was an extraordinary 

 performance, seeing that he gave King Monmouth 

 — the same age — a stone and beat him in a canter 

 by a length. 



Paradox was entered for the Cambridgeshire. 

 and was handicapped at 8 st. 12 lb., the top weight, 

 which Porter was persuaded the horse could have 

 carried to victory. However, the policy of the 

 owner does not always agree with that of his trainer, 

 and there was a disagreement in this instance. It 

 will be remembered, first, that he was made a 

 favourite for the race, and secondly that he was 

 scratched. As to the withdrawal of the horse — con- 

 cerning which the racing public and their organs, 

 the sporting journals, freely expressed strong dis- 



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