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guineas. Luck seems to have deserted the 

 popular tartan jacket after the Dutchman's 

 famous match against Voltigeur in 185 1. 

 Beeswing, for instance, who was so lucky 

 when Mr. A. Nichol farmed her stock, never 

 produced anything worth training after 

 Lord Eglinton had leased her. Under 

 such an accumulation of disappointments, 

 there is no wonder that his lordship should 

 have thrown up the sponge. Still in face 

 of the fact that during his Turf career he 

 has averaged about ,£4,000 per annum in 

 winnings, he can hardly be called unlucky. 

 In conclusion, we trust that Spigot Lodge 

 will still send forth many a winner under 

 more favourable circumstances than have 

 attended it for the last few years." 



As a supplement to the above article, I 

 cannot do better than quote the words 

 written in " Post and Paddock," when their 

 author was fresh from what I myself am 

 disposed to regard as the most thrilling and 

 exciting scene that I ever witnessed on a 

 racecourse. " The Druid " writes : — 



" For actual excitement during a race, we 

 never saw anything equal to the deciding 



