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... heat : 4 to 1 on The Comet , and 6 to 1 agst Jenny Jones . Won by three lengths ; a bad third . Third heat : 6 to 4 on Jenny Jones . Won by a length ; a bad third . Mr Bursell rode Jenny Jones in the two last heats . TUESDAY . A ...
... heat : 4 to 1 on The Comet , and 6 to 1 agst Jenny Jones . Won by three lengths ; a bad third . Third heat : 6 to 4 on Jenny Jones . Won by a length ; a bad third . Mr Bursell rode Jenny Jones in the two last heats . TUESDAY . A ...
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... heat , Dusty Miller being 1 agst Apathy . beaten a neck from the two ; Sister to Spindle fourth , Apathy fifth , Bannockburn sixth ; Avenger , Martinet , and Amelia next ; and the others beaten off a long way , the last of all being the ...
... heat , Dusty Miller being 1 agst Apathy . beaten a neck from the two ; Sister to Spindle fourth , Apathy fifth , Bannockburn sixth ; Avenger , Martinet , and Amelia next ; and the others beaten off a long way , the last of all being the ...
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... heat be- tween the Maria colt and El Hakim for second ; Red- car a head from them , and Sir Colin close up . An objection was made to the start on the ground that they had run more than 100 yards over the distance , but the stewards ...
... heat be- tween the Maria colt and El Hakim for second ; Red- car a head from them , and Sir Colin close up . An objection was made to the start on the ground that they had run more than 100 yards over the distance , but the stewards ...
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... heat by three- quarters of a length , and walked over for the second . TUESDAY . - Coventry Handicap of 1751 .; 1 mi . 4 fur . Bolton , by Barnton , 4 yrs , 6st 81b - Omer Pasha , 3 yrs , 5st 21b Ducker 1 Shakspeare 2 . Lough Bawn ...
... heat by three- quarters of a length , and walked over for the second . TUESDAY . - Coventry Handicap of 1751 .; 1 mi . 4 fur . Bolton , by Barnton , 4 yrs , 6st 81b - Omer Pasha , 3 yrs , 5st 21b Ducker 1 Shakspeare 2 . Lough Bawn ...
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... heat won by three - quarters of a length , and the second by two lengths . w Scurry ( Opt . Sell . ) Stakes of 401 .; 4 fur . Ceres , by Planet , 3 yrs , 8st 91b ( car 8st 131b ) Twm Shon Catti , 4 yrs , 10st 4lb Knight Errant , 6 yrs ...
... heat won by three - quarters of a length , and the second by two lengths . w Scurry ( Opt . Sell . ) Stakes of 401 .; 4 fur . Ceres , by Planet , 3 yrs , 8st 91b ( car 8st 131b ) Twm Shon Catti , 4 yrs , 10st 4lb Knight Errant , 6 yrs ...
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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.