DANEBURY DAYS 



had much to contend with in those days — and 

 the trial took place over six furlongs of the 

 Stockbridge race-course. It resulted as follows : 



Lady Elizabeth, 2 yrs., 8 st. 10 lb. . 1 



Lord Ronald, 5 yrs., 9 st. 6 lb. . 2 



Challenge, 3 yrs., 8 st. 12 lb. . . 3 



Pantaloon, 5 yrs. .... 



The last-named was put in with a very light 

 weight to make the running, but he Avas never 

 able to get in front, as Lord Ronald showed the 

 way at a rattling pace, with Challenge next to 

 him, and Lady Elizabeth lying about a length 

 behind Pantaloon. This order was maintained 

 until coming out of the dip, where the two- 

 year - old drew up without an effort, and, 

 coming away, won very cleverly by a couple 

 of lengths. Challenge finished a length behind 

 Lord Ronald, and Pantaloon was three or 

 four lengths in the rear of the third. To fully 

 appreciate this extraordinary performance of 

 Lady Elizabeth's, who could evidently have 

 beaten the five -year -old Lord Ronald at 

 evens, it is necessary to take a glance at the 

 form of the trial horses. Lord Ronald, only a 

 fortnight previously, had won the Salisbury Cup, 

 a mile handicap in which he carried top weight, 

 and subsequently secured five other races that 

 season, in one of which he had no difiiculty in 

 giving 66 lb. to each of several two -year -olds 

 who were good enough to win in their turn. 

 Challenge had not been seen in public that 

 season, but, when he did make a beginning, 

 about a month later, he won five races off the 

 reel. Three of them were handicaps, and the 

 other two Queen's Plates, in one of which he 

 had a neck the better of Goodwood, and, in 



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