156 TRIALS. 
The instances I have given are so numerous, and I trust 
so much to the point, that I think nothing more will be 
required to show that public running is not the infallible 
guide that many hold it to be; but rather that owners of 
horses and those having the opportunity to watch them 
in private trials, have the better groundwork to rely upon. 
But I cannot conclude all reference to the topic without 
calling to mind the circumstances of the celebrated, or as 
some may be inclined to call her, the notorious, Lady Eliza- 
beth, and contrasting her running asa two- and asa three- 
year-old ; performances in the one case so extremely good 
in the other so wonderfully bad. It may be well at the 
same time to cite one or two other remarkable cases which 
will supplement what I have already said in Chapter XII, 
on the mysteries of in-and-out running. 
As a two-year-old, Lady Elizabcth ran thirteen times 
winning twelve races, her only defeat being by Greez Sleeves, 
when carrying ten pounds extra in the Middle Park Plate. 
Undoubtedly her best performance was in a match T.Y.C. 
against ¥ulius at ten pounds difference (equal only to an 
allowance of seven pounds if sex be considered) when she 
won by a length; her opponent having only just before 
won the Cesarewitch, a long course, which, as staying was 
not, in my opinion, his forte, makes the victory the more 
remarkable—for she met him at his own distance, which 
was the T.Y.C. or at most a mile. 
As a three-year-old she could beat nothing. She ran four 
times, and was never even placed. Her first appearance in 
public in that year was for the Derby, her starting-price in 
the betting being seven to four. No sporting man is likely 
ever to forget the sensation caused by her ignominious defeat. 
Nothing like it had been known for years, or has been known 
