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full of running, came with a wet sail when fairly in 

 the straight, and passing them with the greatest ease, 

 went on and won in a canter by tvvent)^ lengths. 

 The Returned was next, a length in front of Tom Tug. 

 Ccesar was fourth, Lather fifth, then The Romp, 

 Marengo, Little Peter, and Louis Philippe, one and 

 all very distressed. 



Time : A few seconds under 14 minutes. 



Owing to the recent break up of the frost, the 

 ground was very heavy, and to make it more trying, 

 the race itself was run in a downpour of rain. 



The course was the same as usual, the only altera- 

 tion being the substitution of a post and rail fence 

 for the stone \\ all. 



Tom Tug was fully expected by his party to pull 

 through, the orders given to his jockey being to wait 

 until about a quarter of a mile from home, when he 

 was to come along and win if he could. The horse, 

 however, was such an inveterate puller that he got 

 the upper hand of his rider from the very commence- 

 ment, and after clearing the first fence, tore away in 

 front of the rest until he literally ran himself to a 

 standstill, his unfortunate jockey being in such an 

 exhausted state from his exertions that he had to be 

 lifted off his horse in a fainting- condition. Discount, 



