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Jeffery), three years, 8 st. ; 500 sovs., h. ft. ; R.M., 

 at Newmarket Second Spring ; time, 1 minute 

 43 seconds. (Noticeable for the time.) And 

 the same Galopin (Morris), 8 st. 2 lb., beat by 

 a length Mr. Bird's Lowlander (G. Fordham), 

 five years, 9 St., also R. M., at the Second 

 October; 1,000 sovs., 200 ft. ; time, i minute 51^ 

 seconds. (Noticeable for the difference in 

 Galopin's weight and 'clocking.') 



A.D. 1877 : Lord Strathnairn's Avowal, six 

 years, 9 st. (T. Chaloner), beat H.R. H. the 

 Prince of Wales's Arab horse Alep, aged, 9 st. 

 (J. Jones) ; 500, h. ft. ; four miles at Newmarket ; 

 9 to 4 on Alep ; won by thirty lengths. No 

 'clocking.' (Noticeable for the collapse of the 

 theretofore unbeaten Arab.) 



A.D. 1879 : Sir J. D. Astley's Drumhead, six 

 years, sixteen stone six pounds (owner), beat Mr. 

 Caledon Alexander's Briglia, five years, sixteen 

 stone (owner), Suffolk Stakes Course (about one 

 mile and a half) at Newmarket; 500, h. ft. ; 11 

 to 8 on Briglia ; won by three lengths ; and 

 in the same year, at the same place, on the last 

 two miles of the Cesarewitch Course, Mr. F. 

 Gratton's Solomon (Mr. Bevill) beat Sir J. D. 



