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Day, to whom she belonged, sold her to Colonel 

 Baillie. With increasing age, however, she began 

 to gain confidence, and won the Newmarket Oaks 

 and a couple of other events for her new owner 

 in the course of the following season, before the 

 end of which she was passed on to Mr. Hugh 

 Smith. He failed to win a race with her, but the 

 Duke of Beaufort, who was her next purchaser, 

 was more fortunate, and her best performance 

 was accomplished in 1867, when she carried 

 9 St. and won the Goodwood Stakes very easily, 

 having a fair handicap field behind her. Finally 

 she came into the possession of the Duke of 

 Newcastle, and, when she was six years old, took 

 part in one of the most curious races ever seen. 

 This was for the Hurstbourne Cup at Stock- 

 bridge, which was run over a course of two miles 

 and a half. Why the Duke should have thought 

 it necessary to start both Gomera and Julius 

 is a mystery, as there was nothing but the very 

 common Birdseeker to beat, and either of them 

 could have accomplished this without the 

 smallest difficulty. However, he did so, and, 

 moreover, omitted to make any declaration, so 

 that Tom French on Gomera and Daley on 

 Julius each rode his own race. The betting at 

 the start was 100 to 2 on the latter, and the few 

 who laid these odds, "just to get expenses," 

 must have felt very uncomfortable when they 

 saw French, who well knew that the old mare 

 could stay for ever, hustling her along and going 

 right away from the other pair. Little more than 

 half a mile from home she must have been 

 quite a hundred yards in front, and, though 

 Julius came with seven - league boots at the 

 finish, he failed to quite get up, and was 

 beaten by a head. Never was a more foolish and 



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