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As for the race itself, it may safely be said that 

 out of the twenty starters, only half a dozen took 

 any active share in it, viz.: — Burnt Sienna, Spring, 

 Crabbs. Maley, Lady Arthur and Bourton. 



Abd el Kader would have been a certain starter, 

 but met with an accident in his box whilst in the 

 train. 



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