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the other, beat Beeswing by tlie same distance. 

 He was then purchased by the INIarquis of 

 Hastings, but did not prove a very fortunate 

 investment, for he was a thoroughly " squeezed 

 orange," and, though he figured fairly promi- 

 nently in the St. Leger, and only succumbed 

 by a neck to Julius in a match at even weights 

 over the last mile and three-quarters of the 

 Cesarewitch course, his only other success was 

 gained in a little race at Kelso, and, at the 

 end of the season, he was sold to go to Austria. 

 This slight digression from Lady Elizabeth 

 was really necessary to show the extraordinary 

 nature of the task that was set her, and, having 

 regard to the fact that this trial took place as 

 early in the year as June 4, I think her perform- 

 ance may be regarded as the most marvellous 

 ever accomplished by any two-year-old. Leonard 

 Day immediately went to Ascot with news of 

 the astounding result, and Enoch followed with 

 the filly on the Wednesday. If ever there was a 

 race upon which to bet without any thought 

 of settling day, this particular New Stakes was 

 the one. The Marquis of Hastings was not the 

 man to miss such an opportunity, and he had 

 £16,000 on her ; she started at even money in 

 a field of twelve, and won in the commonest 

 of canters by half a dozen lengths. The New 

 Stakes was placed on the card immediately 

 after the Gold Cup, and thus, in two consecu- 

 tive races, the INIarquis as nearly as possible 

 recovered all his losses upon the Derby. Two 

 wins and the same number of walks - over 

 constituted a very useful week's work for 

 Lady Elizabeth at the Stockbridge meeting, 

 she made short work of the flying Leonie in 

 the July Stakes, and this brings me to the 



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