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iiKMil (won the One 'J^housand), Formosa (won 

 lli<; Two Thousand, d(iad heat, the One 

 Thousand, and the Oaks), Hannah (won the One 

 Thousand and th(; Oaks). Marie Stuart (won the 

 Oaks), Ajjology (won the One Thousand and the 

 Oaks), Janncttte (won the Oaks), Dutcli Oven 

 (started at 40 to 1 against hv.r), Seabreeze (won 

 the Oaks), M(Miioir (won the Oaks), and La 

 Fleclie (won the One ddiousand and the Oaks). 

 Whence it is easy to conclude that the St. Leger 

 is truly said to be run in ' the mares' month '; but 

 another consideration is that a filly's chance for 

 the Oaks mit^ht be- endangered by running her 

 for the I )erby, whereas th(;re is no similar danger 

 at Doncaster, for the J^ark Hill Stakes, though 

 for fillies only, is a very different affair from the 

 Oaks, as regards both value and other things, 

 such as ' penalties.' 



For the St. Leger, as for the 1 )erby, there 

 have been two d(?ad h(;ats, but with a differ- 

 ence, for they wcn-e bc^th run off — in 1839, 

 when Charles XH. got the better of Euclid 

 in the d(;cidcr, and in 1S50, when Voltigeur, at 

 the second time of asking, juslifu^d the odds of 

 6 U) 4 that weR! laid on him against Russborough. 

 The largest number of runners for the St. Leger 



