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... Hurdle Race Handicap of 911 .; 2 mi . General Evans , by King of Diamonds ( h b ) , aged , 8st 91b Royalty , aged , 8st 121b Gossip , 6 yrs , 9st 3lb - Red Rose , 10st 21b Dubious , aged , 9st 121b Laura Selina , 4 yrs , 9st 7lb ...
... Hurdle Race Handicap of 911 .; 2 mi . General Evans , by King of Diamonds ( h b ) , aged , 8st 91b Royalty , aged , 8st 121b Gossip , 6 yrs , 9st 3lb - Red Rose , 10st 21b Dubious , aged , 9st 121b Laura Selina , 4 yrs , 9st 7lb ...
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... Hurdle Race Plate of 2141 .; 2 mi . , over 8 hurdles . Sandboy , by Tadmor , 4 yrs , 8st 9lb Beechnut , 6 yrs , 9st 5lb Freedom , aged , 10st- Pillaton , 5 yrs , 8st 71b ( car 8st 91b ) Star of the West ( h b ) , aged , 9st 121b ...
... Hurdle Race Plate of 2141 .; 2 mi . , over 8 hurdles . Sandboy , by Tadmor , 4 yrs , 8st 9lb Beechnut , 6 yrs , 9st 5lb Freedom , aged , 10st- Pillaton , 5 yrs , 8st 71b ( car 8st 91b ) Star of the West ( h b ) , aged , 9st 121b ...
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... Hurdle Race Handicap of 667 .; about 2 mi . 4 fur . , over 8 hurdles . Stamford , by Plenipo , aged , 9st 12lb ( inc 101b ex ) Green ' 1 Potter ( h b ) , aged , 9st 31b ( car 9st 11lb . ) C. Boyce 2 No betting . Won in a canter ...
... Hurdle Race Handicap of 667 .; about 2 mi . 4 fur . , over 8 hurdles . Stamford , by Plenipo , aged , 9st 12lb ( inc 101b ex ) Green ' 1 Potter ( h b ) , aged , 9st 31b ( car 9st 11lb . ) C. Boyce 2 No betting . Won in a canter ...
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... Hurdle Race Handicap of 841 .; 2 mi . , over five hurdles . Sandboy , by Tadmor , 5 yrs , 9st 51b- - Escott 1 Beechnut , 6 yrs , 9st 6lb - Romeo , 6 yrs , 10st 21b Garland , aged , 10st 31b Penelope , 5 yrs , 9st 7lb Tomyris , 5 yrs ...
... Hurdle Race Handicap of 841 .; 2 mi . , over five hurdles . Sandboy , by Tadmor , 5 yrs , 9st 51b- - Escott 1 Beechnut , 6 yrs , 9st 6lb - Romeo , 6 yrs , 10st 21b Garland , aged , 10st 31b Penelope , 5 yrs , 9st 7lb Tomyris , 5 yrs ...
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... Hurdle Race of 1197 .; 2 mi . Royalty , by The Dean , aged , 9st The British Sailor , aged , 9st Lough Bawn , aged , 10st 71b Gaylad ( h b ) , aged , 10st 91b Forest Queen , aged , 10st 71b Red Rose , 5 yrs , 10st 51b Hatbox , aged ...
... Hurdle Race of 1197 .; 2 mi . Royalty , by The Dean , aged , 9st The British Sailor , aged , 9st Lough Bawn , aged , 10st 71b Gaylad ( h b ) , aged , 10st 91b Forest Queen , aged , 10st 71b Red Rose , 5 yrs , 10st 51b Hatbox , aged ...
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30 sovs 8st 7lb aged agst Aldcroft Apathy Ascot Ashmall bad fifth bad fourth bad third Bartholomew Basham Bates Bay Middleton Bearpark beaten a length beating Birdcatcher Blink Bonny Bullock Capt car 5st carrying 8st 71b Challoner Chanticleer Charlton Cliff Cresswell Ducker entered for 30 Epsom Summer filly Flatcatcher Flatman Flying Dutchman following not placed Fordham Forster Goater half a length Handicap Plate head Heir of Linne Hurdle inc 31b ex inc 5lb ex Lambourn lengths between second Longner Hall Madame Clicquot Maid Mann Mary Melbourne Mundy neck Newmarket Newton Summer Opt Sell Stakes Optional Selling Orlando Park Stakes-see Plate of 501 Plate-see Pyrrhus Queen Queen's Plate Quinton Saucebox Saunterer second and third sixth Snowden sovs Stakes-see subs Surplice Sweepstakes three lengths Touchstone Two-yr-old Stakes Two-yr-old Stakes-see Willie Crawford Withington Won by half Won by three Wynne yr olds
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Page 23 - Pharos, and 6 to 1 agst any other. Won by a length and a half; a length between second and third ; Bucksfoot, Barrel, and Cranbourne were next close together, about half a length from the third.—!
Page 23 - Posthoree, and 6 to 1 agst any other. Won by a length ; a length and a half between second and third; the others, all together, were beaten six lengthe.—1 m.