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THIS TEARS CAMBRIDGESHIRE HANDICAP. The Cambridgeshire was run on the second day of the Newmarket Houghton meeting. October 27. and , ; that meeting marked the end of flat racing in England this year. The race, which is at a mile and an [ eighth, was one of absorbing interest and a capi* lally contested finish. Concerning the big race, Loudou S|iortiiig Life of the next day said: •"The Cambridgeshire did not commence its career • under the most auspicious circumstances, and a J chronicler of the time lias placed on record the fact that when Laiicrcost won the event on its institution there prevailed a "storm of wind and rain of such violence as to nearly blow the jockeys out of their saddles." and that two of the competitors. Rose i us and Itevokc. "resolutely refused to face the ■ sheets of hail which at short intervals made Newmarket the most dreadful place imaginable for man i and Iteast. Matters were even worse thirty-three ■ years ago. on which occasion the weather was so bad that the decision of the event had to lie |Kist-lioiied until twenty-four hours later. ""Visitors to the famous Heath yesterday had to face nothing of the kind mentioned above, the day lieing bright and clear, with just that nip in the air r which reminds us that the year is getting towards • its close. The attendance was well lip to the average in iminl of uumlicrs. among those present being . several of the leading patrons of the s]Hirt, while • Ihe khaki garb was a-ain conspicuous. The racing : itself was lioth interesting and exciting. The two opening events resulted in strenuous finishes, but F/os had no difficulty in accounting for the pair opposed to her in the Moultoo Stakes. ••This brought us to the •star turn of the afternoon. The field for Ihe big handicap totalled twenty-live, the majority of the candidates presenting a weli-trained appearance. Considerable interest was • taken in the saddling of Ihe favorite. Silver Tag. which looked in splendid condition. Mr. Hultons " filly was closolv pressed in the latter wagering by Mohacz. Captain Bewicks six-year-old being sup ported down to S to 1. There was also plenty of • support for Mount William, while I la me Prudent. My Ronald. Ambassador. Ciieerful and Khedive III. claimed many friends. Mr. J. O. Wilson ran Rather r Bolder in addition to Cliocrlul. Put made a declaration in favor of tlie latter, which had run with distinction in each of the two preceding races for the . Cambridgeshire. Cheerful was deemed unfortunate I ii year ago. when he was one of four concerned in i one of tbe finest finishes associated with the race. . Ilonoywood winning by a head from Ambassador. with IHadunieiios a similar distance away, ami Cheerful close up fourth. . ""Yesterdays race was lit I le- less thrilling. The c favorite held tlie lead at the Rushes, up to which lMiiut Mohacz had figured prominently. Towards s the end. Mount William joined issue, and Donoghm-had to have recourse to all his skill to keep Mr. Fariiuliarsons roll at bay. but he contrived to reach the judges Ikix a head t • the good. Thus the champion jockey has won the race two years running liv the narrow margin of a head. The victory v of Silver Tag was. needless to say. highly popular. •"Yesterdays winner is a chestnut filly by Sund-ridge - out of Silver Fowl, and is thus a half-sister r to the smart two year-eld Fitinela. As a juvenile Silver Tag ran seveu times, winning five of her r races This year she made her first apiiearauce e in tlie One Thousand Ouineas. in which she finished w-oond t • Vancliise. I.ater she ran third to Snow-Marten v and Bright in the New Oaks, and then ii won the Falmouth Stakes and Midsummer Stakes s afternoons, in Second July week. on .nns-ecutive fortnight ago she finished first for the Champion n for bumping and borne KiMkes but was disqualified - ind the raiv was awarded to I -t Fly. Silver r • I-.D." ii inn In- noted, is tlie forty -seventh three-9 have carried off the race. Of the other r v.ai o I to winners twenty-four were four years of age. three e five-vear-olds. two six -year-olds, and one aged. I. were "There" was little delay at he post, and the e barrier T-end.d l» a capital start. Mohacz the e loft i made Ihe running from Bright in the center i. Silver Tag «" ri~""- l,1:., k l*?*** „* p iiale Mv Ronald. Soillouqile Ihe right,. Mount I William on the extreme right, and Ballaghtobin, with Le Corsaire. Frustration. Khedive III., Fruit-lands tin the center I. and Ambassador most prominent of tlie others, which were whipped in by The Forest. Thus they raced for three furlongs, when Panic Prudent went on second in front of My Ronald. Ballaghtobin. Silver Tag. Bright. Le Corsaire. Frustration. Ambassador. Mount William. Souloiique. Khedive III.. Dacler. Clap Gate and Shanballymore. these jiositions undergoing little alteration "till reaching the Bushes. At this juncture Mohacz and Dame Prudent were beaten. Silver Tag dashing into the lead pursued by Mount William. My Ronald. Khedive III.. Clap Gate, Bright. Black Jetser and Le Corsaire. "Half-way down the Bushes Hill My Ronald and Clap Gate were done with, whereupon Mount William joined Silver Tag. which, however, held him at hay in a thrilling finish and won amidst great excitement by a head: a length and a half divided second and third. My Ronald was officially placed fouth. then came Clap Gate fifth. I*e Corsaire sixth. Black Jester seventh. Dame Prudent eighth. Ambassador ninth. Soulouque tenth. Dacler eleventh. Bright twelfth. Ballaghtobin thirteenth. Mohacz next and Shanballymore last. Time 1:53%."
