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appearance that Lord Falmouth had sent the two Thormanby 

 mares to Doncaster ; whereupon Goode remarked that he had 

 heard that Bend Or was not out of a Thormanby mare, and 

 did forthwith his tale unfold, which Dawson subsequently re- 

 peated to Blanton, the trainer and part owner of Robert the 

 Devil, who, as all the world plus Lord Macaulay's schoolboy 

 knows, had just run second after a tremendous race with Bend 

 Or for the Derby. 



Mr. C. Brewer, also part owner of Robert, then sought coun- 

 sel of Prince Soltykoff, the chief patron of Blanton's stable, 

 and was by him advised to talk the matter over with Mr. 

 Craven, one of the stewards of the Jockey Club, which Mr. 

 Brewer, after a trip to Eaton, where he interviewed Arnull, the 

 Duke of Westminster's stud-groom, accordingly did, and stated 

 his case. Mr. Craven then requested the Duke of Westminster 

 to come and hear this statement for himself. The upshot was, 

 that in the July week at Newmarket a preliminary investigation 

 took place before the Stewards of the Jockey Club. Sir George 

 Chetwynd, however, who was then senior steward, having some 

 pecuniary interest in the result, did not think fit to act, and he 

 nominated Lord Calthorpe as his deputy. Mr. Craven there- 

 fore became chairman, Mr. James Lowther being the junior 

 steward. At this preliminary investigation it was decided that 

 the case should be thoroughly sifted and heard out, and the 

 whole of the witnesses were summoned to attend on July 21, 

 at Mr. Lowther's house in Grosvenor Street. 



The inquiry lasted for four days, at the end which time the 

 stewards announced that they found ' no bill,' that there were 

 no grounds on which Bend Or could be disqualified. 



It appears that the whole of the evidence in support of the 

 theory that a mistake had been made between the two foals 

 emanated from the Arnulls, father and son, who were under 

 notice of discharge from Eaton, and were on the point of 

 quitting that place. Arnull kept, or assumed to keep, a stud- 

 book containing the dates of birth, the marks and colouring of 

 foals, so that in evidence this record must have been proved to 



