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have been visible in Robinson's when his oppo- 

 nent closed with him for the final struggle. 

 Whether the course was too long for Captain 

 Cook, who was a bad roarer, trained by the late 

 Isaac Day, I cannot say ; but it evidently was for 

 his pilot, who was not so fit for the contest as 

 Lord Maidstone. The latter, being in fine condi- 

 tion, rode four winners during the week, beating, 

 upon Lord George's Naworth his own horse, Me- 

 chanic, after the two had run a dead-heat over 

 the Maidstone course, Captain Percy Williams 

 ridino- Mechanic. If Lord Maidstone was able to 

 beat such a jockey as Captain Percy Williams, 

 after running a dead-heat with him, it was not 

 much discredit to Lord George to be beaten only 

 by a neck by such an excellent rider over a course 

 of two miles and a half, when, moreover, Lord 

 George was altog-ether out of condition and his 

 noble opponent as fit as a fiddle. 



