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RACING GOSSIP Many of the racing individuals of other conn tries with a turf shino more conspicuously as to individuals than the best horses of America Beeswing won fiftyone races out of sixtythree starts boing the only auimal that ever won the Doncaster Cup four times Lanercost was the only horse that ever defeated her at even weights for the Gold Cup of 1841 at Newcastle A groat fight arose over the award and more than twenty people were badly hurt Beeswing pro ¬ duced Nunnykirk who won the Two Thousand Guineas in 1849 and Nowminster the St Legor winner of 1851 1851Charles Charles XII won the St Leger of 1839 after a dead heat with Euclid who also ran a dead heat with Aethor who was taken to Australia where ho got Chloroform who figures in trotting pedigrees Charles XII raced till he was nine years old and won two Goodwood Cups one Doncaster Cup besides being three times placed for the same event and many other good races He started fortynine times in all allLeamington Leamington Pageant and Dalby each won tl tle e Chester Cup twice Harkaway and Canezou uch won two Goodwood Cups and Friday won it once Orelia won the Goodwood Stakes twice Honest John won the Cumberland Plate twice Underhand won the Northumberland Plate three times and was placed in a fourth trfal for it St Bennott won it twice as did also Caller Ou She was a great mare and not only won the St Leger but also won fortyfour out of eightysix starts Isonomy was tho only horse beside Fisherman ti wiu the Ascot Cup twico Isonomy could not win at two years old and did not win at throe till very late in tho fall when he carried off the rich Cambridgeshire Stakes in a field of thirty eight the largest field on record in that race He gave the American horse Parole two years and eight pounds in the City and Suburban at Epsom and was beaten a nock At four years old he was the greatest horse in England boat ¬ ing Sivio Derby winner of tho previous year for the Queens Vase and Insulaire and Touchot in tho Gold Cup That year he was beaten but twice winning the Ebor Handicap at York 134 puunds up and the Manchester Cup with 133 giving thirtynine pounds to The Abbott who ran second He is the only horse that ever got two triple winners Derby Two Thousand Guineas and the St Leger LegerOrmonde Ormonde started sixteen timesand was never beaten His total winnings in stakes and plates reached 28465 or something in excess of SliUOU SliUOULAbbese LAbbese da Jouarre won the Oaks of 1889 she was by Trappist a son of Hermit She ran in twentyfour races winning nine times timesOne One of the moat remarkable mares in the worlds history was the Hungarian mare Kin seem owned by Mr Blascovitz She started Lftyfour times and was never beaten The Eng ¬ lish Goodwood Cup of 1878 was among her many victories She never met such company as that which Ormonde defeated Among Ormondes antagonist were Minting and The Bard BardTristan Tristan was one of the greatest campaigners the world over saw He started fiftyone times and won twentynine winning the rich Hard wicke Stakes at Ascot three times Iroqur is and Foxhall both boat him at three yeaTs old oldOne One of tho most remarkable horses was the Australian horse yclops whenever won a race but was twentj three times second and eight times third in fortyone races He ran a doad heat 134 pounds with Mentor four years 126 in the Canterbury PI two and a half milos ia 428 just a second slower than Aristicles1 X nurmance at Louisville iu 17 with 104 pounos up
