A GREAT YEAR 



mentioned, and was elevated to 8 st. 12 lb. in the 

 Second October Nursery. She had come on, and 

 her owner did not care to risk her again in Selling 

 races, though, of course, had she taken one it does 

 not follow that he would have let her go. 



Lady Juliet scored at her first attempt in the Surrey 

 Two-Year-Old Stakes at one of the Extras, behind 

 her being Monte Faro, Vain Dream — running in the 

 name of Lord Marcus Beresford as all the King's 

 horses were doing at this period — and Sentry. Her 

 other essay was in a Home Bred Plate, when, starting 

 favourite, she was beaten two heads by Blase, to whom 

 she was giving a stone, and Knight of Blyth, giving her 

 1 lb. instead of the 3 lb. weight for sex. There were 

 twenty starters, and the filly's performance must be 

 esteemed an excellent one, seeing that Knight of 

 Blyth after losing the Middle Park Plate by no more 

 than three parts of a length won the Dewhurst. Royal 

 Welsh it may be added won the Bentinck Fund 

 Nursery at the Newmarket First October Meeting 

 from Knight of Blyth by a neck, but the winner was 

 in receipt of 1 6 lb. 



I have begun with these fillies for the reason indicated 

 and notwithstanding that there was a runner destined 

 to make a deep mark in Turf history, a colt of whom 

 it is the more desirable to write an account because, 

 as will be understood, justice has never quite been 

 done to him, in spite of the fact that his record is only 



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