38 STEEPLE CHASE CALENDAR. 



BECCLES. 



MARCH loth. Sweepstakes of 3 sov. each, with a Cup added, 

 was won by Mr. Chason's Coroner (Thurston) beating Mr. Pearson's 

 Law-suit and three others. 



Sweepstakes of 3 sov. each, with a Purse added, was won by Mr. 

 Land's Jim Crow (Owner) beating another. 



NOTTINGHAM. 



MARCH 18th. Sweepstakes of 5 sov. each, with £50. added, 

 was won by Mr. Butler's Stranger (Guy) beating Mr. Wesley's 

 Neptune (Owner) and five others. 



YORK. 



MARCH 18th. Sweepstakes of 5 sov. each, with a Challenge Cup 

 added, for horses tbe property of Officers in the 5th Dragoon Guards, 

 12st. 71b. each, three miles, was won by Col. Sir Maxwell Wallace's 

 Butcher (Mr. Sutton) beating Hon. Major Scarlett's Appleton (Capt. 

 Buslie) and six others. 



This Cup was presented by J. F. Scott, Esq., on his leaving the 

 regiment, under the condition that it should be run for annually. 

 Very few of the chases for it have been published ; but the following 

 is a list of the winners from the commencement : — 



In 1834, when quartered at Dublin, it was won by Lt. Knocker's 

 b. m. Nanny, five years. 



1835 ,, at Manchester „ by Capt. J. W. 

 King's La Bayadere, four years. 



1836 ,, at Edinburgh ,, by Capt. J. W. 

 King's His Majesty. 



1837 „ at Leeds „ by Lt. R. Cham- 

 bers's Miss Whitefoot. 



1838 ,, at Birmingham ,, by Lt. Whitta- 

 ker's Spotless. 



In every chase but that of 1839 the winner was ridden by his 

 owner. 



BURTON-ON-TRENT. 



MARCH 19th. Sweepstakes of 3 sov. each, with a Purse added, 

 was divided between Mr. H. F. Brown's Flash Billy (Arnold) and 

 Mr. Woodehouse's Solicitor (Dester) who ran a dead heat. Seven 

 others also started. 



