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were concerned in a transaction of what seems to 

 ordinary persons a very peculiar kind, akin to the 

 ' declaration to win.' Lord Stanley, who was a bettor 

 and sometimes a pretty heavy one, ran his mare 

 Canezou for the Goodwood Cup, and it was well 

 known that Canezou would have the better chance 

 if she had ' something to make the running for her,' 

 as the phrase is. Mr. C. C. Greville, therefore, 

 kindly started his horse Cariboo to give her that 

 assistance. The account goes on to say : ' Cariboo was 

 declared to start merely to make the running for 

 Canezou ; but he went so well that it ivas all Charlton 

 [his jockey~\ could do to pull him up in front of the 

 Stand, in order that Butler might win with the mare.' 

 Now, Mr. William Davis, the ' Leviathan ' bookmaker, 

 had betted heavily against Canezou, it is said, and 

 it is no wonder, therefore, that he indulged in strong 

 language, as he is reported to have done, at this 

 exhibition of what the most chivalrous aristocrats 

 consider honourable, or that some newspaper-writers 

 of the day made unfavourable comments upon the 

 proceedings. Of course both Mr. Davis and those 

 writers were laughed at for their ignorance by more 

 discriminating judges of what is right and proper, 

 fair and unfair, honourable and dishonourable ; but 

 it is worthy of remark that, though a ' declaration ' 

 was made and a perfect understanding existed (it was 

 assarted), yet on this occasion Canezou and Cariboo 

 did not even belong to the same owner, but to different 



