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a short head from Lucy Glitters, who had been second 

 for the Oaks and for the Leger, giving her, they both 

 being three-year-olds, 35 lb. Most people imagined 

 that 9 st. was prohibitive weight for a three-year-old. 

 This was of course before Robert the Devil had won 

 the Cesarewitch with 8 st. 6 lb., and St. Gatien had 

 exceeded that exploit by winning easily with 8 st. 

 10 lb. on his back. At this date I happened to have 

 a share in a horse in William Day's stable, where 

 Foxhall was trained, and had gathered from the old 

 trainer that he anticipated the colt's victory. One 

 of the most brilliant fields that ever ran for the 

 Cambridgeshire assembled for it, containing as it did 

 Tristan, Peter, Petronel, winner of the Two Thousand, 

 Elizabeth, winner of the One Thousand, Corrie Roy, 

 Incendiary, Toastmaster, Prestonpans, Poulet, and 

 others famous animals. It was unfortunate that Bend 

 Or did so badly, as this was his last race. 



Doncaster, sire of Bend Or, won the Derby 

 in 1873 m tnen inexperienced hands. Mr. James 

 Merry, his owner, does not seem to have provided 

 himself with a jockey and secured the services of 

 Fred Webb, who was destined afterwards to make a 

 great name for himself; he was not only absolutely in 

 the first flight, but may be said to have had scarcely a 

 superior. The colt was victorious in his youthful 

 hands and came within a short head of winning the 

 Leger, which that year was a peculiarly exciting 

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