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given are sufficient to give the reader a fair idea 

 of that description of racing, which, except in 

 particular instances, is not of great interest. One 

 other match, however, is worth referring to — the 

 match between Lady EHzabeth and Julius, both 

 in their day horses of celebrity. The death of 

 Julius, whose career was terminated by a friendly 

 bullet, was the means of directing public attention 

 to the feats and failures of that excellent horse. 



The sporting papers of the day contained the 

 following obituary paragraph : " The son of St. 

 Albans and Julie was bred at Her Majesty's stud 

 at Hampton Court, and became the property 

 of the late Duke of Newcastle, in whose colours 

 in 1866 he won a couple of races as a two-year- 

 old. The following year he won several races, 

 but was defeated in the celebrated match with 

 Lady Elizabeth, the latter (then a two-year-old), 

 in receipt of 9 lb., only winning by a short head. 

 The match was for 1,000 sovs., run over the 

 Bretby Stakes Course, Fordham riding the vic- 

 tress, and Daley Julius. The Duke of Newcastle's 

 colt ran third to Achievement and Hermit for 

 the Doncaster St. Leger, but perhaps his most 

 notable performance was winning the Cesare- 

 witch in the same season with 8 st. on his back — 

 an impost that had not been carried first past 

 the post in the race since Faugh-a-Ballagh's 

 victory in 1844. In 1868 the Duke of New- 

 castle's colt beat both his St. Leger conquerors. 

 Hermit went down before him in the Newmarket 

 Biennial Stakes in the Craven Meeting, and the 

 pair were subsequently matched for 1,000 sovs. 

 over the Two Middle Miles. The event came 

 off at the first Spring gathering, and Julius (8 st. 



