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AIR RAIDS CESAREWITCH HANDICAP instance handicap of the themuni muni caiiuwiK v arowitch at two miles and a quarter was run at Xewmarket October 10 with twentyfour starters It resulted in a great tri ¬ umph for the threeyearolds horses of that age finishing first second and third The finish was of the exciting order W M Cazalets threeyear old bay or brown colt Air llaid by Willonyx Ayrslave ridden by O Madden and carrying 113 pounds winning by a head from Lord Glanelys hay colt He 13 Santoi She 108 pounds with Major F C Sterns bay colt Buckthorn by Buck ¬ wheat ProHinent J9 pounds third and a length and a half away awayIn In all the future betting for weeks prior to the race He had been steadily the favorite the judg ¬ ment that made him such lacking only a few inches f l ehig completely vindicated The winner Air Raid is quite a good colt having won all his previous races except the Xew Derby iu which he was un ¬ placed In winning the Cesarewitch he was follow ¬ ing in the footsteps of his sire which a few years back carried such great weight as 131 pounds and triumphed gloriously in the same race For some reason not apparent Air Raid was at the long price of i 5 to 1 Against He it was 5V1 to 1 and against Buckthorn 20 to 1 Air Haids owner has been ex ¬ tremely fortunate of late his Prince Chimay de ¬ feating the crack Gainsborough in the 000 Jockey Club Stakes early in October
