CHARLES Xll.— 184n. 



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Hway the Cup, value 400 guineas, given by the stewards, 

 with 50 sovs. (in specie) added by the Corporation ; three 

 yr olds, 7st. ; four, 8st. 31b. ; five, 8st. lOlb. ; six and aged, 

 9st. ; the winner of the St Leger to carry 31b. extra. — To 

 start at the Red-house, and run once round to the Ending- 

 post. — About two miles and five furlongs. 



Major Yarburg-h's b. c Charles XII., by Voltaire, out of Laurel's dam, 3 



yrs old 1 



Mr Ramsay's br. c. Llanercost, by Liverpool, out of Otis, 4 yrs old 2 



Mr Orde's b. m. Bee's-wing-, by Dr Syntax, dam by Ardrossan 6 yrs old. . 3 



Mr Deuham's b. c. Compensation, by Emancipation, 4 yrs old 4 



In the Stand, before starting, the mare's friends were 

 confident, and took at one time 6 to 4, the field and Charles 

 being at even. At the close, 6 to 5 and 5 to 4 was laid on 

 one, 10 to 6 agst Bee's-wing (taken), 7 to 1 agst Llanercost, 

 and 20 to 1 agst Compensation. Bee's-wing, soon after 

 the start, made very severe play, relying on strength and 

 freshness, having an effect upon a young one, who had run 

 two severe heats of a mile and three quarters through a bog- 

 but a day or so before. Charles was second up to the 

 heavy ground, when Llanercost headed him. Soon after 

 passing the bend below the Red-house, the three closed and 

 raced together to the distance, where Bee's-wing gave up. 

 Llanercost looked the winner, but the young Swede, with 

 courage and energy of the first order, struggled on and 

 caught victory by the head just on the post. Bee's-wing 

 was beaten five or six lengths at least — and Compensation 

 had a charming view of the race the whole way round. 



Charles the Twelfth's first appearance for the season, 

 1840, was in the Liverpool July Meeting, where he was 

 beaten for the Tradesmen's Cup, or Piece of Plate, value 

 200 sovs., with 100 sovs. given from the fund, added to a 

 Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only 

 if declared, &c. ; the winner of the Lord of the Manor 

 Cup, or Borough Cup at Newton, or the Northumberland 



