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showed a good deal more boldness than discretion, 

 and, as Hannah had the race in hand a long way 

 from home, they enjoyed very little fun for their 

 money, as John Osborne was safely able to ease 

 Corisande from the distance. A similar declaration 

 was made in the Oaks, and again Hannah scored 

 in such easy fashion that Corisande, ridden by 

 Morris upon this occasion, once more merely 

 played the part of a looker-on. With the excep- 

 tion of her stable companion, however, Hannah 

 only encountered a moderate lot in these two 

 races, and she had a far more formidable party to 

 meet in the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Ascot. 

 King of the Forest was then at his best, and 

 Baron Rothschild's filly just failed to concede 11 

 lb. to Ripponden, but it was a good finish between 

 the three, and less than a length separated them as 

 they passed the judge's box. Sterling, Both well, 

 and Digby Grand were all unplaced, but, in justice 

 to the first - named great horse, it should be 

 mentioned that a mile and five furlongs was 

 always beyond his compass. After this defeat, 

 the filly had a nice uninterrupted preparation for 

 the St. Leger, in which she accomplished about 

 her best performance in beating Albert Victor 

 by a length. The latter was a remarkably 

 consistent performer, who had run a dead -heat 

 with King of the Forest for second place in the 

 Derby ; moreover, he possessed a decided advantage 

 over the winner in point of jockey ship, for no one 

 would feel inclined to place Maidment on the 

 same level with the accomplished Tom French. 

 Hannah's complete failure to give 7 lb. to A'^erdure 

 and Veranda in the Newmarket Oaks may perhaps 

 be put down to her having become a trifle stale, but 

 it seems probable that she was never quite so good 

 again as upon the St. Leger day. She only won 



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