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galloping and going on, which is so dear to the 

 heart of a sportsman. Her dam was a winner of 

 races, and her grandsire, Loutherbourgh, was a 

 stoutly bred horse, being by Mameluke, off a 

 Smolensko mare.* Her daughter, Venus, by 



'•' Loutherbourgh was the property of Mr. Theobald. He made 

 his first appearance in a race at Goodwood when a three-year- 

 old, and having only run fourth in the first heat, he was with- 

 drawn. As a four-year-old he won the Goodwood Stakes, carry- 

 ing 7st. lib. ; the Brighton Stakes, carrying 7st. 111b. : and the 

 Lewes Stakes, carrying 8st. lib. These were the only races he 

 ran for in 1838, and he was sent to the stud in 1839. There 

 were some sensational incidents connected with his Goodwood 

 Stakes victory. Immediately after the race. Lord Suffield, whose 

 horse, St. Luke, had run second to him, requested Lord Exeter 

 who was his co-steward, to withhold the stakes until an enquiry 

 was instituted into the identity of the winner. Loutherbourgh 

 was entered by his name only, and without any pedigree ; but in 

 the year previous had been entered and run in a plate as a colt 

 by Mameluke, dam by Smolensko, out of Miss Chance. He had 

 been entered by a Mr. Lawrence in a two-year-old race at 

 Epsom, as a colt by Camel, out of Fancy, by Phantom, and was 

 objected to there as being wrongly entered, and not allowed 

 to start. Mr. Theobald admitted that he was the same horse 

 that had been wrongly entered at Epsom, and stated that he had, 

 consequently on the disqualification of the colt at that place, 

 applied to the breeder for the proper pedigree, and that the 

 pedigree he then received was the one with which he entered him 

 at Goodwood in 1837. 



Lord Exeter appointed Lords Jersey and Wharncliffe to investi- 

 gate the matter, and in the Sheet Calendar of September 11th, 

 their report appeared. They were of opinion that the true pedi- 

 gree of Loutherbourgh must be taken to be that in which he 

 was entered at Epsom. Lord Exeter, on hearing the report, 

 ordered that the stakes should be withheld until the decision of 

 Jockey Club was given on the point of racing law which arose. 



