DANEBURY DAYS 



Stockwell out of Heroine, by Neasham, but 

 did not really stay ; indeed, whilst Lady Eliza- 

 beth could only give 11 lb. to her at five 

 furlongs, she could concede 18 lb. if the dis- 

 tance were increased to six. She was first seen 

 out at the Newmarket First Spring, a meeting 

 which began that year upon Easter INIonday. 

 The race selected for her debut was a Maiden 

 Plate of 50 sov., and, as there were twenty- 

 one runners, the Marquis had a chance of 

 backing her. It may be imagined that he took 

 full advantage of it, for she started at 2 to 1 

 on, and it was a case of " 25 to 1 bar two." She 

 won as she liked by three lengths, and, 

 after an interval of less than an hour, was 

 pulled out again to meet Grimston for a 500 

 sov. sweepstakes over the last half of the 

 B.C. The betting was very close between them, 

 but the filly pulled through by three -parts of 

 a length, which seems conclusive proof that 

 Grimston never ought to have got so terribly 

 close to Lady Elizabeth as he did at Bath and 

 Epsom. The card upon that Easter jMonday 

 consisted of twelve events, and only one of 

 them fell through, a match between Lord 

 Grey de Wilton and the JNIarquis of Hastings, 

 "owners to ride." Athena's next race was the 

 most important of her two-year- old career. It 

 was the Hamilton (Post) Stakes of 1000 sov. each, 

 h. ft., and took place at the Bibury Club JNIeeting. 

 Her only opponent was Leonie, a very speedy 

 Newminster filly belonging to the Duke of 

 Hamilton, and, with two such owners in 

 antagonism, it may be imagined that the 

 gambling over the event reached a ])itch that 

 is quite unheard of in these days. The weight 

 of the Danebury metal finally pervailed, and 



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