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ing when he passed the winning-post, again when 

 he returned to the unsaddling enclosure, and yet 

 again when the " all right '* was signalled. His 

 performance astonished the French sportsmen 

 who had come over expecting to see either La 

 Camargo or Cheri win the Cup. They could 

 hardly believe their eyes when they beheld their 

 two companions so hopelessly beaten. The 

 discomfiture they endured was all the greater 

 because not only had they anticipated " lifting " 

 the Cup, they also believed Amer Picon, their 

 candidate for the Alexandra Plate, run the follow- 

 ing day, would be successful, but now realised 

 that William the Third was unbeatable in the 

 latter contest. 



There were six runners for the Alexandra 

 Plate — a three-mile race. One was Osboch, to 

 whom William had to give lo lb. The extra half- 

 mile more than counterbalanced the additional 

 weight, however, and with Mannlicher once 

 more acting as a pace-maker, the son of St. Simon 

 made his antagonists look mere platers by gaining 

 a six-lengths* victory. Osboch again finished 

 second, and the French horse, Amer Picon (by 

 Le Saggitaire, and owned by Count de Ganay), 

 was third. 



The public now knew as well as we did what 

 manner of horse William the Third was. When 

 he went to the post for the Doncaster Cup, 

 accompanied once more by Mannlicher, and 



