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With one false start this large field was got off; and 

 away they went merrily up the hill, Hope making the run- 

 ning for the favourites. Over the summit they ran close 

 together, and down towards the awful turn, where Queen of 

 the May took the lead, and kept it to the road. Here At- 

 traction and Cymba went up, and contested every yard of a 

 most desperate struggle home, Cymba winning by a length, 

 Queen of the May a good third. Value of the stakes 

 £4,200. 



At Ascot Cymba appeared under different colours, having 

 been purchased by Sir J. B. Mill, for £800 it was said. 

 She ran fourth and last, carrying 7st. 8lb., for Her Majes- 

 ty's Vase, won by Lord Exeter's Gardenia, 3 yrs old, 6st. 

 81b., Lord Clifden's Footstool, 5 yrs old, 9st. 7lb., second, 

 and Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale, 4 yrs old, 8st. 71b., 

 third. 



At Winchester, for Her Majesty's Guineas, she won the 

 first heat by a head. 



Sir J. B. Miirs Cymba, by Melbourne, 3 yrs old.— A. Day 1 1 



Mr Burg-ess's b. f. Fallow Doe, by Venison, out of Blemish, 3 yrs old. 



Wakefield 2 dr 



100 to 5 on Cymba. 



Li the Salisbury Meeting she won by a neck a Sweep- 

 stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added by the City Members ; 

 for three yr olds, 7st. 31b. ; four, 8st. 61b ; five, 8st. 131b. ; 

 six and aged, 9st. 21b. ; m. and g. allowed 31b. ; a winner 

 of more than £100 this year, including his own stake, to 

 carry 3lb. extra; the winner paid 5 sovs. to the fund. — One 

 mile and a half. — Six subs. 



Sir J. B. Mill's br. f. Cymba, by Melbourne, 3 yrs old.— A. Day 1 



Major Pitt's b. c. Clarendon, 4 yrs old.— Sly 2 



Mr Gannon's br. f. Hippona, 3 yrs old.— Donaldson 3 



Mr King-'s b. h. Aristotle, ag-ed.—Howlett * 



Mr Jones's gr. f. Sultena, by IshmaeUte, out of Miss Shirley's dam, 3 yrs 



old (half-bred).- Morewood ^ 



3 to 1 on Cymba. 



And in the same Meeting, she ran second to Mr Pryse's 



