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also on five occasions won the One Thousand. 

 Most of the chief horsemen of the period have 

 had successful mounts in these races ; the veteran 

 John Osborne, who is now retiring, has had a 

 share of Guineas honours. 



During many of the earlier years of the Two 

 Thousand (notably from 1817 to 1846) the fields 

 competing in the race seldom exceeded double 

 figures ; on two occasions only a couple faced the 

 starter, the fortunate owner of the winner in both 

 these years (1829-30) being Lord Exeter, with 

 Patron and Augustus. During the last six years the 

 number of horses starting for the Two Thousand 

 have been 7, 6, 8, 6, 9, 9, respectively. In the 

 case of the One Thousand the fields were much 

 better, averaging over twelve ; in no year have 

 the entries for this race exceeded ninety, whilst 

 the largest number of starters has been nineteen, 

 and curiously enough nineteen formed the biggest 

 field that has yet competed in the Two Thousand. 



A series of interesting notes might be compiled 

 about the Two Thousand and the horses which 

 proved victorious in the race, as well as the men 

 who owned and the jockeys who rode them to 

 victory, but the larger portion of all that could be 

 said has, I fear, been said already, and that more 

 chan once. The Duke of Grafton, Lord Jersey, 

 Lord George Bentinck, Sir Joseph Hawley, Lord 

 Falmouth, and other noble sportsmen have fre- 

 quently been made the subject of eulogy. Of 

 the victorious horses much has also been written ; 

 the praises of the never-defeated Bay Middleton, of 

 West Australian, Galopin, Macaroni, and Gladia- 

 teur have been sung to a universal chorus of ap- 

 probation ever since the record of their victories 

 was written in the annals of the race. 



