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Mr. R. Peck's Barcaldine won easily by three lengths, 

 and as soon as the race was over he presented the cup to 

 the Princess of Wales. 



Mr. C. J. Lefevre was again successful with Tristan ; 

 this year he managed to capture the Gold Cup by three 

 lengths, and the Hardwicke by a length and a half. The 

 New Stakes fell to his Wild Thyme. 



Mr, Gerard, who was successful in 1882, with Sweet- 

 bread in the Royal Hunt Cup, this year won the same 

 race with Elzevir, Sweetbread taking the Visitors' Plate. 

 Lord Falmouth's Galliard won a total of ^4022 in the 

 Prince of Wales' Stakes, the St. James' Palace Stakes, 

 and the Triennial Stakes. 



In 1884, in consequence of the death of the Duke 

 of Albany there was no Royal Procession, and the Royal 

 Stand was closed. Again in the following year, although 

 the Prince and Princess of Wales attended in state on the 

 Tuesday, on Cup Day the Royal Procession was omitted, 

 on account of the funeral of Prince Charles of Prussia. 

 In spite of these circumstances the attendance in both 

 these years was prodigious, and the number of coaches 

 and vehicles on the course was considerably greater than 

 had been seen for some seasons. 



There is little to note as unusual in the sport ; many 

 of the races were well contested, but the fields were poor. 

 The most interesting race was that in which the Duke 

 of Portland's St. Simon swept past his opponents for the 

 Cup, and won amidst tremendous shouts by twenty lengths. 



The Turf lost an old and faithful servant in 1885, 

 when Mr. T. McGeorge died. He had been official 

 starter to the Jockey Club lor twenty-two years, and 



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