THE TURF. 
retinue, is no longer there ? Oh, no ! the magnates 
of Devonshire, Cleveland, Leeds, Londonderry, and 
Durham, can replace all that at any time ; but it is the 
many dirty tricks, the innumerable attempts at roguery, 
which have lately been displayed, that have given a 
taint to Doncaster race-ground which it will require 
many years of clean fallow to get rid of. We will not 
enumerate these vile faux pas the last but one, " the 
swindle," as it is termed, the most barefaced of all but 
let the noblemen and gentlemen who wish well to 
Doncaster, and who do not wish to see the meeting 
expunged from the " Racing Calendar," act a little more 
vigorously than they have hitherto done, and not let 
villany go unpunished before their eyes. Let a mark 
be set upon all owners, trainers, and riders of horses 
with which tricks are played ; let them be driven off the 
course by order of the stewards ; let them never again 
appear at the starting-post or in the betting-ring ; 
and then, but not till then, will racing be once more 
respectable. Let us indulge our hopes that this will be 
the case, and that Yorkshire racing no longer shall be 
the reproach of the present age. "All these storms 
that fall upon us," said Don Quixote, " are signs the 
weather will clear up the evil having lasted long, the 
good can 't be far off. May it prove so here ! * 
* An amendment in these matters is already apparent. The eyes of 
noblemen and gentlemen have been opened to certain proceedings, and the 
turf is evidently in a more healthy state than it was when these papers 
first appeared in the " Quarterly Review." 
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