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five years old ; Mr. Castle's Cade, by Young 

 Cade, six years old ; Mr. Jenning's Trial, by 

 Blank, five years old; and Mr. Quick's Plume, 

 by Feather, five years old. At starting, four to 

 one on Eclipse ; and what is remarkable, though 

 the horses were all together at the three mile post, 

 in the second heat, Eclipse there, from the flourish 

 of the whip, made running, and though he was 

 pulled for the whole of the last mile with all the 

 strength that his rider, John Oakley, was master 

 of, he distanced all the four. Mr. O 'Kelly sported 

 much money on this race. Some time previous 

 he had taken the odds to a very large amount, and 

 on the day of running he bet even money, and 

 five and six to four, that he posted all the horses, 

 and when called on to declare, he said, ** Eclipse 

 first, and the rest in no place." 



At Ascot Heath, May 29th, Eclipse won £50 

 of five years olds, 9st. 31b., two mile heats, beat- 

 ing Mr. Fettyplace's Creme de Barbade, by Snap ; 

 eight to one on Eclipse. At Winchester, June 

 13th, he won the King's plate for six years 

 olds, 12st., though only five years old, beating 

 Mr. Turner's Slouch, by Blank, who had won, 

 the same year, the King's plate at Guilford ; 

 the Duke of Grafton's Chigger, by Slouch ; Mr. 

 Gott's Juba, by Regulus ; and distanced, the first 

 heat, Mr. O 'Kelly's Caliban, by Brilliant ; and 

 Mr. Bailey's Clanville. Five to four against 

 Eclipse, two and three to one against Caliban, 



