314 REFRACTION. 



Lord G. Beutinck's b. f. Lonffitude, 8st. 71b. (Abdale), went to the post, but did not 

 get up in time. 



6 to 5 ag"st Refraction, 7 to 2 ag-st Long-itude, 5 to 1 agst Stitch, 7 to 1 ag'st Pug-, and 

 10 to 1 ag'st Queen Pomare. Deciding" heat 4 to 1 on Refraction. 



Won cleverly by a length ; Stitch was a bad third. 



In the Newmarket First October Meeting, Refraction 

 ran second to Lord Lonsdale's colt by Jerry, out of Tur- 

 quoise, Mr Ford's The Attorney beaten off. This race 

 closed her performances for 1845. 



Refraction commenced her season 1846, by running 

 fourth for the Lansdowne Trial Stakes at Bath, won by 

 Burlesque, The Crown Prince second, Pantasa third, and 

 Buttress fifth. 



At Goodwood, Refraction divided the Craven Stakes 

 with Lord G. Bentinck's Dawdle. In the same Meeting 

 she was not placed for the Stewards' Cup, won by Lord 

 Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, Dawdle second. Bold Archer 

 third; twenty-one others started, but were not placed. 

 And in the same Meeting she was again without a place 

 for the Chesterfield Cup, won by Mr Drinkald's Mongrel, 

 Kedger second, Connaught Ranger third. Vaudeville fourth; 

 nine others nofplaced. 



And in the Newmarket Houghton Meeting Refraction, 

 7st. 101b. was not placed in the Cambridgeshire Stakes, 

 the Prior of St Margaret's, 3 yrs old, 6st. 71b., being first. 

 Sting, 3 yrs old, 8st., second, and Lady Wildair, 4 yrs old, 

 8st., third ; nineteen others started. And thus terminated 

 her career on the Turf. 



