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ENGLISH RACING.

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. tßy Cable.—Press Association.— Copyri«ut.j LONDON, May i The following i* tho result of U»e OXE IUOUSAXD .GUINEAS STAKES, of 100 aovs each; second 400 *ovs and thud 200 soys from stake. For three-year-old SUics. Weight 9st. The Rowley mile. J. B. Joel's b £ Jest, by Sundndge—

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li»m 'the Third—Burgouct, 9st .. - Lord Rosebcry'a eh t Prue, by Cicero— Prune, 9st .. •• •• ' Jest, who -n-as bred by her owner, raced very consistently as a Wo-ycw-oW, sUrtius u> four racee, winnini; two of them, finishing second once, and third once. Her first appearance was in July in tho Hurst Park Foal Plate, in which she carried Sst, and finished third behind Prue (Bst 131b) and Light Brigade <7st 13lb). Her next race, was in the Autumn Breeders' Foal Pla!« at Manchester, in September, when she ran second with 7st 81b to Waiontfca (Set 71b). who beat her by a neck. Vnionthn, it may be remarfcsd. wa? reearded rs the best two-yenr-o'd filly of the season. Tho following month she won the Bretlry SUkcs at Newmarket, scorinp comfortably by three ienptli* from Streamlet, who just beat Drawbridge. She wound un the season with an easy victory in tho Free Handicap nt Worcester in October, havincr aa rtinner-ur> Light Brigade, who had finished in front of her in her first race. Taslett, who finished srcoi.d to Jctt in yesterday's race, must hnve made considerable improvement since last season, tbonch ehe w»a not hishlr tried ns a two-yeeT-old. starting three times, winning once, and running untilaecd twice. Her i-ictory was pained on tho last day but one of tho nnt Tiu-inc season, at LinßfiVid Park, on November 22n<?. vhen ohe bent Golden S«n nnd Virgilia in tho Medv.-ny Two-yenr-old Plate. Prup. who filled third place behind Jest atid Tas'ett. wiss «noken of a* a very stnrirt filly. She etorted in only three races last srrißnn, winning two nf them -»nd finisSinr; second in (he nfhor. Her defeat wo* - suftaincd in tb». AVoodcofo "laTtes, at Ensoni ■in June, in which Shopun, one of the <wr> b"<>< co!t» of the «earon. hftnf. her by r She won tho Nutiona , 'Hrfteflpr«i' Pnvhire Stnltps st Pnndown Park in July. a>id the Hurst Park Foal Plate tho same month.

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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14657, 5 May 1913, Page 5

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ENGLISH RACING. Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14657, 5 May 1913, Page 5

ENGLISH RACING. Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14657, 5 May 1913, Page 5