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the closing odds were 5 to 2 on Athena, 

 who, however, could only manage to make a 

 dead-heat of it. For the run-off the odds dropped 

 to 11 to 8 on, but the "Bush in" at Stock - 

 bridge was a pretty severe five furlongs, 

 which did not suit Athena twice in an after- 

 noon, and she was beaten by a length and a 

 half. It is noteworthy that this was the only 

 reverse sustained by George Fordham during 

 the day, as he won six out of the seven races 

 in which he rode. This was an infinitely greater 

 feat than the one of Sloan's, about which such 

 a fuss was made in the autumn of 1898, 

 and those who gushed to an altogether undue 

 extent about the performance of the American 

 jockey must surely have been ignorant of the 

 fact that "The Demon" more than once 

 made a clean sweep of every race on a card, 

 and that Cannon and Archer have on several 

 occasions accomplished great things in the 

 same direction. Leonie subsequently proved that 

 the result of the great sweepstakes at the 

 Bibury Club Meeting was no fluke, by 

 finishing some distance in front of Athena for 

 the Chesterfield Stakes, in which the latter 

 was backed against the field, it being generally 

 thought that half a mile would suit her far 

 better than five furlongs had done. It is needless 

 to trace the remainder of her career in detail. 

 All through her three - year - old season she 

 carried the colours of Mr. Padwick, for whom 

 she won the Coronation Stakes at Ascot and 

 several other good races, whilst it was evident 

 that her stamina improved with age, as she 

 managed to finish second in the One Thousand 

 and third in the Oaks, although she had not 

 the remotest chance against Formosa in either. 



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