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Thormanby had the issue in his own hands, and he won, 

 amid great plaudits, by a couple of lengths, Parmesan 

 finishing third, fifty yards behind Fairwater, St. Albans 

 broke down. 



Lord Portsmouth's 4-year-old Buccaneer, a horse that 

 had a good sound roll of honour to his name, won 

 both the Hunt Cup and the Trial Stakes. 



A second meeting was held in '61, on July 24th and 

 25th; Admiral Rous is supposed to have originated it, and 

 the Grand Stand Trustees gave ^800 to be run for. There 

 was good sport and a fair attendance ; yet, altogether, 

 it was not the success that had been anticipated. 



Certain alterations were made near the Swinley Post, 

 preparatory to the 1862 meeting; about half an acre of 

 heath had been grubbed and sown, and a valuable 

 addition made to the Round Course. This was the 

 starting post for the new Prince of Wales' Stakes which 

 were worth ^1,500. There were 12 starters (106 sub- 

 scribers). The race was a close one between Mr. M. 

 Boyce's Carisbrook and Mr. Jackson's Neptunus until within 

 200 yards of the winning post, when the former drew 

 out, and won by two lengths. In spite of there being no 

 Royal Procession, the crowds were great on Cup day. 

 Sir John Hawley's Asteroid, who had been defeated for 

 the Vase by Tim Whiffler, competed in the Cup race, 

 and Wells, who had jockeyed him in the other event, 

 was again in the saddle. The favourite with the ring 

 was Carbineer. It was a clever race, and Wells had the 

 satisfaction of beating the favourite, and winning by a 

 neck from Zetland. Since The West met Kingston 

 there had not been so fine a finish. 



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