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ANOTHER CASE OF THE UNEXPECTED. Extraordinary tilings are always happening at racing, and it is this uncertainty which is the very salt of the sport. In the Selling Plate for two-year-olds at Hurst Park, London, Saturday. June 1, the Perfect Peace gelding was regarded as the greatest danger to the Belle Demoiselle colt, but be behaved so badly at the starting gate that his price lengthened very appreciably, and when the webbing went up and lie was left apparently standing .still. 20 to 1 was freely offered against III in. Then when be was a negligible quantity, and attention was concentrated, he put in such tremendous work that lie was with the leaders with half the course to he covered, and eventually he won quite comfortably. Under the circumstances his victory was as surprising as it was agreeable to his people. .
