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second horse in specie. Brownlock walked over 

 for the cup, so that there was no second horse. 

 The opinion of the stewards of the Jockey Club 

 was requested, as to who was entitled to the sur- 

 plus. They gave it as their opinion that there 

 being no second horse, the surplus must be divided 

 amongst the original subscribers to the cup. 



It was determined, in a case which arose at 

 Chelmsford, so long ago as the year 1784, where 

 the winner distanced all the five horses, that the 

 winner could not be deemed the second best horse, 

 and therefore was not entitled to the stakes. 



CASE X. 



The following nomination was made for a pro- 

 duce sweepstakes at Ascot : 



Lord Tavistock's Sister to Benedick, covered by 

 Middleton. 



There being two sisters to Benedick, the nomi- 

 nation was incomplete, according to the 17th clause 

 of the Rules and Orders. Lord Tavistock ascer- 

 tained that the other Sister to Benedick was sent 

 abroad some time before the stake closed, and 

 submitted that this circumstance sufficiently iden- 

 tified his nomination. The stewards of the Jockey 

 Club declined to go into evidence of this nature, 

 and decided that the nomination was invalid. 



CASE XI. 



For a race in the Houghton Meeting at New- 



