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Li « w 1 1 L n So jj « as h |i ,: i | ■ m c J j ! i In y , , , i i | I I i HOW THE LINCOLNSHIRE WAS WON. Twenty two horses started tor the Lincolnshire Handicap, of which J. B. Joels Spanish Prince ii in was ihe. top weight at 121 pounds. The heavy « Weighta had nothing to do with the finish. Outrain. tlio winner, carrying 9t pounds, Cuthbert, the sei out! horse, H»2 pounds, and Short Grass, the third horse, 100 pounds. Concerning the horses starting and Jjh race nself London Sporting Lite of March 2t; sill. I . "The mosi admired of he party «as Cigar, which, aiu.Ms a handsome horse, looked .-i perfect picture. did Tuxedo, but Brancepeth, which bad played a inioiis peri la the market, palled up leg e;tt. after a six furlong gaUop and certalnlf did nol please the critics. This no doubt was responsible :oi iii- retrograde movement la the market, for at the finish ii mus iiuito enay to eel 10 to i about him, while prevlouslj good judges had accepted as little -7 to 1. It is many yean ago since an aged horse won the Lincolnshire Handicap, and Brance peili. named, by ihe way. after one of lx rd Dur-ham a collieries, was ikh the son of animal to break records. Tuxedo looked well as he walked around the enclosure, described as a paddock, aud so did Million, which returned to market favor at the laden. Maiden irlcgh would have been better with ten more gallops and so would Jaruac 11.. Which carried a big barrel. Cuthbert represented a perfeci specimen ol ;i well trained horse, aud possibly tin-handsomest hors.- of the Whole party was Short .r.iss. hul unfortunately he is not to be dep-ndod upon. IU- wa ,,u better behftTlor than usual at tin-post, but tlieie Maiden l.ilcgh and Cuthbert upset the field, and owing to their antics lltimus was badly Interfered with and practically took no part the race. Brancepeth. Bonbon Koe and Plntadeau were ;iiso sufferers, and cuthbert only jusi escaped the tangle Mr. Duvies horse soon assorted himself, a.s did Mediator, but the latter was not capable of getting the mile. •Tt has been argued that Lincoln la an easy course and the fact I hat both Little Eva and Sir Geoffrey won the race is -utistiiiilial proof of the- recognized theory, but they were both tiring at the finish of their* respective races. Sj was Mediator. Ii * was leading a quarter of a mile from home, but collapsed eutirelj in the last furlong and failed to gain a place. Mediator la a fast horse, but it is obvious thai he cannot get ■ mile The Lincolnshire Handicap is alwaya. Of nearly always, decided in the las! couple of hundred ards aud Out ram asserted himself lure and w.ii with plenty In hand. Cuthbert was uiujii stkmahl] second beat, and Prcvoyanl. ihe property of ue of the best-known numbers of the ring, ran sufficiently well to encourage the belief thai he will win over an easy coarse like Brighton, where be has previously shown mod form. Borneo has niiiied a savage, us Frank Hartigan knows rerj well hut for once in a way be behaved himself, and when be earns winning brackets again it will piohahlv be in a welter race. s ii guide to futon events, the big race did not reveal anything. Had Long Set run he m.ght have won. for lie is undoubtedly the best handicap horse la training. .Mr. Joel thinks he repreeenta something more than that dam and is substantiated in h.s opinion by Harrs Bat ho. Long Set will be een In cup aces this season and is nnite likely to earn as great a reputaton as did Velocity, which twice won the Doncaster Cup. having such a grand stayer as The White Knight, behind on the aeeoM occasion. Before leaving the paddock Irevoyant got rid ot his Jockey. Cigar. Maiden Briegh, Eton Boy. and Borneo were fractious at the |k st. Lltimus was left and Brancepeth Bonbon Rose, and Pintadean em badij away. Preroyani on the right cpl sal the work from Cuthbert in the centre. Maiden Erlegh on the left. Surge i in the centre, Cigar ion the extreme left. Mediator. Blue stone, Ouirain on the left i. Short Crass, and Knock na Corriga, with Aghdoe and Finn Boy nioet protnineut of the others. These iositions underwent little alteration until a half mile had been covered, when Mediator, Cuthbert, and Maiden Erlegh headed 1ievovant. tbeae being pursued by Spanish Prince, Olitrain. Short Grass Knock BS COfTfga, Barge and Aghdoe. . ..,.., • Vt the distance Maiden Erlegh and Spanish Prime were beaten, as also was Mediator in the next Bfty yards, whereupon Outsam challenged i ith Bert, and quick!] asserting his superiority. WOO by two lengths: Short crass being beaten a bead tor second place. iTev.iyant was ofticiallv placed fourth, and then came Mediator fifth. Knock aa Corriga sixlh. Aghdoe seventh. Cigar eighth. Spau Mi Prince ninth, P.unbou Rose tenth, Puro eleveuli. Berrilldon twelfth. Brancepeth thirteenth. Maiden Erlegh toorteenthi Eton Boy fifteenth. Tuxedo six teenth. Surge seventeenth. Romeo eighteenth. Jarnac II. next, and Pintadean last. Time 1:44-.-. ."
