Jupiter was also beaten, and Trim failed in an attempt to 

 reach the leading horses (immediately afterwards he lost his 

 footing and dropt on his head, half-recovered himself, then 

 fell on his haunches, and finally regained his feet, without 

 injury to himself or jockey). Hornsea and Queen of 

 Trumps were now with the foremost horses, Powlett's colt re- 

 taining his lead till about a quarter of a mile from home, 

 where he fell astern. Hornsea immediately took up the 

 work, Brother to Hope and Preserve lying up, with the 

 Queen of Trumps at their heels, full of running; at the 

 distance-post she shot by Brother to Hope and Preserve, 

 challenged the Pigburn pet, cut him down in two or three 

 strides, and without the semblance of an effort won by a 

 Yorkshire' length, which, by the liberal scale adopted in 

 this race, would have been just two at Newmarket. The 

 tailing was considerable, the more so perhaps as the pace 

 rather exceeded the average of preceding Legers ; the mare 

 having completed the mile and three quarters in three 

 minutes and twenty-two seconds. 



The race on the Friday in the same week, for the Scar- 

 borough Stakes, was one of those chances which occur now 

 and then to keep the fielders from despair, and prevent 

 racing becoming quite a certainty- The Queen was over- 

 tr limped^ or, rather, she was not the Queen of Trumps ! 

 Her race on Tuesday, however easily accomplished, told 

 wofully upon her legs, which were very infirm; when she 

 came out it was obvious that her action was short, and that 

 Lye was very tender upon her, even in riding her to the 

 post ; this was lost upon her party, who, besides, forgot 

 ■that she carried 71b. extra, and that Ainderby had run a 

 smartish horse upon two or three occasions : — 8 and 10 to I 

 was offered freely, only two or three of the old ones having 

 pluck enough to take it. The running was made at a good 

 pace by The General, the mare and Ainderby lying well up 



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