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favourite won by twelve lengths in what was then the record time of 3 mins. 17 sees. 

 To make up for this, next year's race (1839) produced the first dead-heat since the 

 foundation. Conolly on Mr. Thornhill's Euclid (by Emilius) made the running first, 

 but Charles XII. (the favourite at 7 to 4 on) went up before the hill and took a strong 

 lead through the heavy going to the Red House. After that Euclid challenged 

 again, and though Bill drove Conolly against the rails several times, he could only 

 make a dead-heat of it, the rest being four lengths off. In the decider Euclid was 

 slightly the favourite, and as they started at little more than a walk, he took the lead 

 to the Red House, where Bill came up, challenged at the distance, and won a fair and 

 hard set-to by a head. Charles XII. afterwards beat Beeswing and Lanercosl for the 

 Gold Cup, and retired 

 after losing the Doncaster 

 Cup to Alice Haivthorn 

 in 1843. Bill's third win 

 was chiefly owing to the 

 fact that the Marquis of 

 Westminster had declared 

 to win with Launcelot, own 

 brother to Touchstone, who 

 had been left at the post, 

 but came away at the Red 

 House. At the distance, 

 however, Maroon had the 

 race in hand, and Holmes 

 had to pull him to pre- 

 vent a victory which was only secured by a neck. The next year saw the same 

 owner and jockey successful again with Satirist by Pantaloon, who beat the Derby 

 winner Coronation, on whom 7 to 4 and 2 to i were betted. J. Day was confident 

 of success, and made strong running from the foot of the hill, but at the old rails 

 Bill Scott challenged and won a great race b y ha ' f a neck armd terrific cheers, and 



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nothing was too good for "glorious Bill" ever afterwards. 



Bill's wonderful record was spoilt in 1842 by Tommy Lye on Blue Bonnet, a 

 daughter of Touchstone. Lye had a rare knowledge of pace that made him very 

 dangerous in heats, and his last big victory was on Cyprian for the Northumberland 

 Plate against Jack Holmes. But he was not a great rider, and I can do no more 



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