OBJECTION TO 'BLOOMSBURY' 75 



by Lord George to invert, and in fact did invert, the 

 order of things ; and instead of leaving him, as acting 

 for Mr. Craven, or, in truth, for himself, to prove this 

 alleged disqualification, as the rule referred to directed, 

 called upon Mr. Eidsdale to prove his qualification. 

 With this demand Mr. Eidsdale, though under no com- 

 pulsion to do so, readily complies, proves his case to the 

 satisfaction of the stewards, and the race is awarded to 

 the winner to put it in the only correct way. 



In justice to the stewards, I submit the account of 

 this business* that appeared in the ' Eacing Calendar ' 

 of that year, which it will be seen does not in any 

 material point alter the case as I have represented it : 

 ' On the Friday after the race the owner of Deception 

 made an objection to the pedigree of Bloomsbury, and 

 requested that the stakes might be withheld to give 

 time to investigate the matter, to which the stewards 

 assented. On Tuesday morning Messrs. Weatherby 

 received the following letter from the stewards : 



1 EPSOM, 



' May 21, 1839. 

 'To MESSRS. WEATHERBY, 



1 We, the Stewards of Epsom Races, considering that although, 

 by Rule 58, when the qualification of any horse is objected to after the 

 race, the onus of proof lies upon the party objecting, yet that we are 

 not thereby precluded from receiving proof of such qualification from 

 the owner of the horse objected to, if he shall see fit to tender it, we 

 have this day, at the request of Mr. Ridsdale, examined the evidence 

 tendered by him in support of the qualification of his horse Bloomsbury, 

 and are of opinion that the entry in the Calendar is correct, that 

 Bloomsbury was qualified to start for the Derby, and that the owner is* 

 entitled to the stake. 



(Signed) 'GILBERT HEATHCOTE, 



' J. DK TEISSIER.' 



See also further details of this race on page 106. 



