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Charles the Twelfth at Aintree Racecourse. He was assigned a weight of six stones and six pounds in the Liverpool Tradesmen's Cup, an all-aged handicap race over two miles and started at odds of 5/1 in a field of sixteen runners. Ridden by a lightweight jockey named Francis, Charles the Twelfth disputed the lead with the five-year-old St Bennett before pulling clear in the closing stages to win easily. The "New Sporting Magazine" described the performance as a "true St Leger running". On 17 September Charles the Twelfth was one of fourteen runners (from an original entry of 107) to contest the St