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the finish. ** It is/* wrote a contemporary 

 chronicler, " years since Danebury sustained so 

 i decisive a blow as was inflicted on its fortunes 

 by the defeat of the slashing daughter of 

 Trumpeter. John Day, who had remained at 

 I home to the last moment, was flabbergasted 

 when he saw Lady Elizabeth beaten, although 

 he must have heard enough of the merits of Sir 

 Joseph Hawley's lot to convince him there were 

 ] * rocks ahead * of which his animal must steer 

 : clear. Still, when we consider how often Lady 

 I Elizabeth has been called upon during the season, 

 her having to lower her colours cannot create 

 much wonderment. If, however, the Marquis 

 of Hastings lost his money, he did not lose his 

 appetite, and, cheery as a lark, in pugilistic 

 language, he came up smiling, only to receive 

 more punishment in the next round.** Two 

 days later Lady Elizabeth re-established her 

 fame by giving the three-year-old Julius (the 

 winner, that week, of the Cesarewitch with 

 8 St. on his back) a short-head beating over six 

 furlongs in a Match for ;^iooo. The filly was 

 receiving 9 lb. in this " duel,'* and her victory 

 convinced Fordham that she would have won 

 the Middle Park Plate but for the misfortune 

 that overtook her at the beginning of the race. 



There is no need to dwell on the other suc- 

 cesses we scored at Newmarket that autumn. 

 As the summary previously given shows, we also 



