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Thousand has been nineteen (when Pretender 

 won in 1869), and the smallest two (in 1829 and 

 1830, when Patron and Augustus, both belonging 

 to Lord Exeter, won respectively). The largest 

 number for the One Thousand, as with the 

 Two Thousand, has been nineteen (in 1877, when 

 Lord Hartington's Belphoebe won) ; the smallest 

 in 1825, when the Duke of Grafton's Tontine 

 couriU seiile^ as the French put it, or ' walked 

 over,' as we say. 



The Two Thousand and One Thousand 

 have been won by the same hlly three times 

 — by Crucifix in 1840, Formosa (dead heat 

 for the Two Thousand) in 1868, and Pilgrimage 

 in 1878 ; the One Thousand and the Oaks by 

 Neva in 1817, Corinne in 1818, Zinc in 1823, 

 Cobweb in 1824, Galata in 1832, Crucifix in 1840, 

 Mendicant in 1846, Governess in 1858, Formosa 

 in 1868, Hannah in 1871, Reine (French) in 1872, 

 Spinaway in 1875, Camelia (French, dead heat 

 for Oaks) in 1876, Wheel of Fortune in 1879, 

 Thebais in 1881, Busybody in 1884, Miss Jummy 

 in 1886, Reve d'Or in 1887, Mimiin 1891, and La 

 Fleche in 1892. The times tor the Two Thou- 

 sand and One Thousand have not been (even 

 unofficially) preserved. 



