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on the following day, but she was giving 7 lb. each 

 to Albert Victor and Steppe, who finished in front 

 of her. For some years after it was established in 

 1866, the full penalty of 7 lb. seemed absolutely 

 fatal to a horse's chance of success in this race. So 

 many youngsters were reserved for it, in order to be 

 able to claim the maiden allowance, that the chance 

 of penalised animals was very seriously discounted, 

 and a reference to early " Calendars " will show that 

 the names of many thirds for the INIiddle Park 

 Plate will live, when those of the winners are 

 forgotten ; in fact " third " almost came to be 

 recognised as the lucky position to occupy in that 

 particular event. Forty-eight hours after her very 

 creditable effort against Albert Victor, Hannah 

 was saddled for the third time during the week to 

 tackle Digby Grand in the Prendergast Stakes, 

 which was reduced to a match between them. She 

 was giving him 4 lb., to say nothing of sex allow- 

 ance, and the race proved almost as close as the 

 betting, which was even. Although a bit of a 

 rogue, Digby Grand could gallop very fast when 

 he chose, and Fordham rode one of his best races 

 in getting him home by a head, for, as Wells 

 was on Hannah, the " Demon " had a worthy 

 opponent. 



Both Hannah and Corisande took part in the 

 One Thousand, and it is a singular fact that, 

 although Baron Rothschild declared to win with 

 the former, there was only half a point between 

 them in the betting, the favourite starting at 2 to 

 1, and 5 to 2 being taken about Corisande. If 

 each had been running on her own merits it would 

 have been easy to understand this, for it was 

 probably pretty well known by this time that the 

 two fillies could not be whipped apart, but, in the 

 face of the declaration, the supporters of Corisande 



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