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the betting ; if it is at 4 to i, whilst the others are 

 at such prices as 7, 10, or 14, then the "first" 

 favourite is the horse which is at 4 to i. 



The Cambridgeshire is looked upon as the 

 twin race of the Cesarewitch ; both are run 

 at Newmarket within about a fortnight of each 

 other. The distance of the Cambridgeshire 

 course is a little over a mile, so that the race 

 is of the short-cut kind ; although to get a mile at 

 the terrific pace which is set in this handicap, 

 takes something serious out of the competing 

 horses. The Cambridgeshire, like the Cesare- 

 witch, was instituted in 1839, and the race is a 

 favourite medium of speculation, large sums being 

 now and then won by a well-planned coup. The 

 first winner of the race was Mr. Ramsay, of 

 Barnton, whose horse, Lanercost, beating eleven 

 others, credited him with the prize. In some 

 years forty horses have run in the Cambridge- 

 shire. It was often prophesied that the same 

 animal would in one year win both races ; but 

 the double event was never compassed till 1876, 

 when Roseberry, a horse belonging to Mr. 

 James Smith, the well-known proprietor of the 

 Bon Marche, proved successful, and again in 

 1 88 1, "the American year," the double event was 

 accomplished by Mr. Keene's horse, Foxhall, an 

 animal that had previously credited his owner 

 with the lucrative Grand Prize of Paris. As 

 year after year passed over, and the double event 

 never came off, it began to be thought that such 

 an occurrence would prove to be an impossibility 

 in consequence of the disparity of the distances 

 over which the horses had to run, and over which 

 of course they required to be trained ; but in 



