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Rowley Mile Stand two rows of ** dolls " had 

 been placed across the course. We stopped the 

 trap, ran across the Heath, and just had time to 

 remove the centre " dolls '* in the lower row before 

 our horses raced up. The jockeys had, as it 

 happened, seen the barriers in their path, and 

 were already easing their horses, so no harm 

 resulted, except that we were left in a state of 

 perplexity concerning the merits of Isonomy. 



Several people saw the trial, and it was quickly 

 noised abroad that Isonomy had been beaten. 

 The public, therefore, had no inducement to 

 back him. Mr. Gretton, who betted pretty 

 freely, already stood to win ^^40,000 on his horse. 

 If the trial had not been interfered with he would 

 doubtless have increased his commitments ; in 

 the circumstances he decided to let matters stand 

 as they were. Isonomy carried 7 st. i lb. in the 

 Cambridgeshire, started with odds of 40 to i laid 

 against him, and won easily by two lengths from 

 Lord Rosebery's Touchet, with the latter*s stable 

 companion, Robert Peck^s La Merveille, third, 

 only a head behind. Lord Ellesmere's Hampton, 

 9 St. 3 lb., finished fourth. There were thirty- 

 eight runners in that Cambridgeshire, and so 

 readily did Isonomy beat this huge field that I 

 firmly believe he could have carried 9 st. and 

 still have won. 



We were now reaping the fruit resulting 

 from the patient policy pursued with Isonomy. 



