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their merits, and many speculators guarded 

 themselves by backing the two coupled at 4 to i. 

 Sir Joseph himself adopted this plan. 



But our two youngsters were not the only 

 ** peas in the pod.** The Danebury people 

 thought they had a particularly good one in 

 Lady Elizabeth, bearer of the Marquis of 

 Hastings' colours. The public shared their 

 views. A bay filly by Trumpeter out of Miss 

 Bowzer, by Hesperus (son of Bay Middleton), 

 Lady Elizabeth had, up to this time, run in eleven 

 races and won them all. John Day (son of 

 my old master) deemed her as good as, if not 

 better than. Crucifix and Virago ; in fact, she 

 was considered a veritable marvel. And so, 

 although penalised 7 lb. because of her previous 

 successes, she started a hot favourite at 11 to 

 10. Her owner was having one of his plunges. 

 The result read: 



Sir J. Hawley's b.f. Green Sleeve, 8 st. 3 lb. . Kenyon i 



Sir J. Hawley's b.c. Rosicrucian, 8 st. 9 lb. . Huxtable 2 



Mr. M. Dawson's ch.f. Lady Coventry, 8 st. 3 lb. Grimshaw 3 



Mr. G. Jones's ch.f. Formosa, 8 st. 13 lb. . Heartfield 4 



M. of Hastings' b.f. Lady Elizabeth, 8 st. 13 lb. Fordham 5 

 (Eleven others ran.) 

 Won by a head ; two lengths between second and third. 



Green Sleeve and Rosicrucian finished on 

 opposite sides of the wide course. The filly 

 was close to the judge's box, which was then on 



