The New York herald., 1877-03-22
RACING IN ENGLAND.
FoorsTEP THE WINNER OF THE LINCOLNSHIRE
HANDICAP.

FoorsTEP THE WINNER OF THE LINCOLNSHIRE
HANDICAP.
LONDON, March 81, 1877.
To-day was the third day Of the Lincoln Spring
Meeting, and the great event. the Lincolnshire Hand
cap, was won by Lord Won's chestnut fily Footstep,
by See-Saw dam Sandal. years old. carrying 1O1 lbs.
The betting against the ily previous to the start
16 to1. Sho was trained by 7. Wadow There were
thirty starters Sir f. Johnstone's brown horse Pour
suivant, by Lord Lyon, dam Edtha, years old with
10 to against him, second. and Sir G. Chetwynd's
chestnut coli Lord Lincoln, by Newcastle, dam Donna
del Lago, years old. with 1910 against him, was
third Lord Roseberry's brown colt Touchct, by Lord
Lyons dam Lady Audley years old, who started tho
favoritc at to 2 but not with the leaders the
hnsh
The following Is tho
SUMMARY.
TEE LINCOLNSHIRE HANpcAp OF 1000 sovs.. added
to a sweepstakes OF ~ each, ~ IT,, for three
yeAr-olts and upward; the winner OF any alter
The weights are Published 10 carry los. of two,
value 200 sovs., II lbs. extra tho second
cetve 90 sovs out Of the stakes the third to his
stake and the winner to pay 100 sovs toward ex.
be declared. One milo (l22 subscribersl
Lord wiltons ch. +. Footstep, by Sce-Saw out Of
Sir +. Johnstoae's br h. Poursuvant, by Lord
Lyon, out OF Editha. years. ..:......-,.
Sir q. Chetwypds ch. G. Lord Lincoln, by New
castle, out OF Donna dol Lago, years ...........
PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES rnE WINNER.
AS two-year-old Footstep ran but twice--the first
time IN tho Levant Stakes at Goodwood July 2, tho
distance four iurlongs, carrying lis lbs and ridden
by f. Archer, she secured third place. At the Novem-
Der meeting at Liverpool she tho Knowsley
Nursery Stakes of f375 four iurongs, beating Lady
Agnes, Antelope and nine Others. She ogan rid
den by T. Archer, carrying ITO lbs Last year, in her
FORM she six times tho first for the
Coronation Stakes at Ascot June IS, for FL, lOO
mile. Sho was riddsn by Custance, who won by q
neck, Appeal and Arena making dead heat for second
place. Footsteps next appearance was at the samo
meeting, three days afterward, when she ran for
the Ascot Plate, valued at f1.145 the distance
mile and quarter. In this she did not
place. Her next appearance was at Doncaster, the
the 14th OF September, when she ran for the Park Hill
Stakes of $500, the ST. Logger Course. Tho was
won by Twinc tho Plaiden Zee second Footstcp bad
third At the Newmarket second October meeting she
Tor the Newmarket Oaks, one mile, furlongs,
1853 yards. She was unpiaced in this race. Lima
winning, Augusta second Basqulne third At
tho Newmarket Houghon, In the Cambridge.
shire Stakes, ono milo and furong she
again unpaced coming in ninth IN a field OF thirty.
two starters. ROscberry won. Footstcp, however,
closed her throe.ycar-old career by win. This
the Liverpool Autumn Cup handcap) Of 81, $50, about
q mile and a half Sho ridden by Hopkins, and
carried only So lbs. Snc beat Woodland second,
Lord Gowran third Thorn, Mundcn. Activity,
Tam O'Shanter, whitehall. KinetoE, julius Caesar,
Polonaisc, Innishowen Hcrbcrtstown Bcrry6old, Az.
glcthorpc, Merry Duchess Omega, Ebor, Newport
George, Herald Lottery and Stamiordham. Footstcp
won by halfa length, three lengths between second
and third Thorn fourth. Mundcn NTH, and
Whtebait sixth.