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make running with Woodburn for Prioress as well as 

 he can go, all the way.' 



' Yes,' I said ; ' and so am I with Schism ; so there 

 will be no doubt about the pace.' 



Immediately after, Mr. George Payne, who had backed 

 Promised Land for a large stake, came up and said : 



' Well, AVilliam, do you think you will win?' 



1 Yes, sir,' I said, ' as he stays so well, and as he 

 will go as well as he can go all the way.' 



Air. Payne laughed approvingly as he answered : 



' "Well, William, you are a bold man.' Mr. Robin- 

 son, my partner, who came up at the moment, said 

 in his hearty way that he thought so too. 



It was one of the best run races I think I ever 

 remember to have seen. Woodburn was to have 

 made running for Prioress, but could not go fast 

 enough, and Schism did it for Promised Land; and 

 when she was tired a mile from home, he took the 

 lead, coining up the hill nearly a hundred yards first, 

 and cantered in an easy winner by six lengths, which 

 might have been increased to sixty, or even double or 

 treble that number ; Newcastle second, and Prioress a 

 bad third. Here he {Promised Land) beat Marionette, 

 who beat him before at Epsom, and everything else 

 in the race, eleven in all, a mile from home ; which 

 is an additional and overwhelming proof that he 

 would have won the Derby had it only been a good 

 pace instead of a bad one. 



As for the trophy which Mr. Robinson and I thus 



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