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Proceeds Lane saw the last of Midge, and 

 Emigrant, who was now quite fifty yards ahead of 

 the rest, jumped Valentine's Brook at the same part 

 as before. 



At this point Jean du Ouesne and Hopeless Star 

 dropped out, and Boyce taking a judicious pull at 

 his horse. Weathercock and Dangerous were 

 enabled to get within measurable distance. Shortly 

 afterwards Dangerous dropped back beaten, and 

 from this point almost to the distance Emigrant and 

 Weathercock had the finish to themselves, the 

 former in the end winning easily by two lengths. 

 Dangerous should have been third, but was 

 caught and passed by both Treachery and West- 

 minster a few yards from the chair, Jean du 

 Quesne was sixth, Lady Arthur seventh, and 

 Forest Oueen eighth. 



Time : 10 minutes 6 seconds. 



Net value of stakes, ^1,115. 



Emigrant was the joint property of Messrs. 

 Hodgman and Green, the well-known bookmakers, 

 both of whom won largely by their horse's success. 



Not the least interesting part of the programme 

 was the race to the water in front of the stand 

 between Emigrant and Westminster, the former 



