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At Richmond, Cardinal York won the gold cup, 

 value one hundred guineas, with forty guineas added, 

 four miles, beating Mowbray, Rosette, Swiftsure, Ceres, 

 and Lingadel. This was a very fine race, and won 

 with great difficulty. It was the last time of his 

 appearing in public as a racer. 



X Y Z, got by Haphazard, his dam by Spaddle, 

 was bred by Ralph Riddell, Esq., of Felton Park, Nor- 

 thumberland, and foaled in 1808. In 1811, XYZ 

 won the gold cup, value one hundred guineas, and 

 fifty guineas in specie, at Newcastle upon Tyne, beat- 

 ing Engraver, Rover, and Penelope. In 1812, at the 

 same place, he beat Merry field for the four years' 

 stakes, of twenty-five guineas each ; he won the gold 

 cup, value one hundred guineas, and forty guineas in 

 specie, beating Benedict and Geranium. At Don- 

 caster he walked over for a match of three hundred 

 guineas, a2:ainst Mr. Hipkins's Yellow Blossom. At 

 Richmond he won the gold cup, value one hundred 

 guineas, with thirty pounds ten shillings added, beat- 

 ing Phantom, Cwrw, Merryfield, Heliantha, Salamanca, 

 and Viscount. At Durham, in 1813, he won seventy 

 pounds, at three heats, beating Tilbury. At New- 

 castle upon Tyne, he won fifty pounds, beating Maca- 

 roni, Marksman, and Pigeon. The same week he won 

 the goW cup, value one hundred guineas, and seventy 

 guineas in specie, beating SHgo, Agnes, Sorrel, and 

 Epicure. At Ormskirk, he won the Loyalty gold cup, 

 value one hundred guineas, and ninety guineas in 

 specie, beating Don Julian. At Richmond he won the 

 cup, value one hundred guineas, and forty-three 

 guineas added, beating Hocuspocus, Algernon, Trajan, 

 and Rodrigo. Next day he won two heats, three 

 miles each, (seven subscribers) a stake of ten guineas, 

 with fifty pounds added, beating Algernon, Catherine, 



