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the leader go on to your horse's chest, and not in 

 his face or mouth. Here I kept until about twenty 

 yards from the winning-post, where I went on with one 

 run, and won by a very short head. Judge Clarke 

 told me afterwards the very stride before, and the 

 stride after the post I was beaten, so it was well 

 timed. You can bring this off sometimes, but on 

 other occasions you miss it. I also won the Great 

 Yorkshire Handicap at Doncaster on ' Border 

 Knight,' with 8 st. 10 lb., a month later. As it is 

 run over the St. Leger course, one mile and three- 

 quarters, he must have been a fair horse, although 

 he certainly made a noise. 



