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DANEBURY DAYS {Concluded) 



There were an extraordinary lot of two - year - 

 olds at Danebury in 1867 ; indeed, Lady Eliza- 

 beth, The Earl, See-Saw, Athena, Europa, and 

 Mameluke make up such a contingent as have 

 never probably been seen in one stable, in a single 

 season, either before or since. Lady Elizabeth 

 was the undisputed queen of them all, and 

 perhaps it is not too much to write that she 

 was absolutely the best two-year-old that ever 

 lived, though memories of Crucifix, Achieve- 

 ment, Wheel of Fortune, St. Simon, and 

 Ormonde make one a little dubious about 

 penning such a sweeping assertion. She was a 

 bay, by Trumpeter out of Miss Bowzer, and 

 stood just a shade under sixteen hands. Her 

 head and neck were perfection, she had 

 magnificent shoulders, great depth, and big 

 wide hips ; indeed, the only fault that could be 

 found with her conformation was that she was 

 a trifle straight in the thighs and hocks. She 

 was very high-couraged and impetuous, — so 

 much so that she always had to be led to the 

 post, and there was often a difficulty in getting 

 her to start; but then she could well afford 

 to give away three or four lengths, for nothing 



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