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OUR STEPHEN WINS THE CHESTER CUP CUPNoted Noted English Race Run in Bad Weather Before a Record Crovd The Chester Cup vas run AVednesday last week at Chester England witli a record crowd despite the bad weather and was won by Our Stephen owned by the wellknown theatrical man Frank Curzon Our Stephen carried the light weight of Oil pounds and ridden by A lialding was first home by six lengths at li to 1 in the betting Oiu Stephen is named after the crack jockey Ste ¬ phen Donoghne who had the mount on Elsinore which finish d second Kock Dew which ran third is by Kock Flint dam the Star Shoot mare Dew tftsr which was foaled in the Cnited States There were fifteen starters Good Night the favor iii was spvedily eliminated through a bad post position which cost him easily five lengths Ivan hoe the top weight was well up for the greater part of the race The lightly weighted John Jack ¬ et made the running for a mile and fiveeighths after which Elsinore took command only to give vav to Our Stephen which drew away in the last quarter The following are the conditions and 5ummary of the race for the Ciester Cup CupThe The Chester Cup handicap of 12750 and a cup of 250 with 1500 to the second and 1000 li the third The old cup course about two and oie iuirter miles milesFrank Frank Ciirzons br c Our Stephen 4 In St Krendan Lady Ina by Sir Edgar to 1 li A Habling first firstW W Cazalets b c Elsinore 4 by Kadiiun Selagi iella by Sainfoin S to 1 10 Donoghuo second secondZ Z Michaliius ch h Kock Dew 5 by Kock Flint Dew Star by Starshoot IO to 1 10S V Smith third
