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and Speculum. Leonie did the Duke of Hamilton good 
service. 
The year of Archer's apprenticeship, 1868, was a great 
year for Heath House, as nearly every horse in the stable won 
races of some sort. Julius, as a four-year-old, twice turned the 
St, Leger tables on Hermit and once on Achievement. In the 
preceding year he had been beaten a length and a head by 
Achievement and Hermit. In 1868, too, Mathew Dawson won 
the City and Suburban for the Duke of Newcastle with Specu- 
limi, carrying 6 stone 12 lb. This colt also won the Goodwood 
and Brighton Cups. 
For the Duke of Hamilton the Heath House trainer won 
the Prendergast Stakes at Newmarket and had other successes. 
Leonie did splendidly, and Mathew also won many races of 
minor importance. 
