46 STEEPLE CHASE CALENDAR. 



BIRMINGHAM. 



MAY 3rd. Sweepstakes of 5 sov. each, with £30. added, 12st. 

 each, was won by Mr. Goodwin's Jack Robinson, by Phantom, 71b. 

 extra (Oliver) beating Mr. Marshall's Primrose, 71b. extra (Powell), 

 and three others. 



Sweepstakes of 5 sov. each, with 20 added, I2st. each, was won 

 by Mr. Goodwin's Jack Robinson (Oliver) beating- Mr. Lowes's 

 Mark Anthony (Cooper) and two others. 



JACKSON'S GROUND. 



OCTOBER 3rd. A Sweepstakes was won by Mr. Robertson's 

 Cigar, by Petworth (Martin) beating Mr. Armstrong's Flecknoe 

 (Owner) and six others. 



KENT. 



A Series of private Steeple Chases took place in this county during 

 the season 1839-40, a fund for carrying them out being sub- 

 scribed by the different parties who contended for them. 



AT CHALK. OCTOBER 17th. Sweepstakes of 5 sov. each, 

 two miles, was won by Mr. Hawkins's Corsair (Owner) beating Mr. 

 Gordon's Tally-ho and six others. 



A second Sweepstakes was won by Mr. Grove's Commodore (Owner) 

 beating Mr. Norris's Lady Louisa and six others. 



AT LAMBER-HURST. NOVEMBER 9th. Sweepstakes of 

 10 sov. each, with a silver Tankard, and £20. added, was won by 

 Mr. Hawkins's Corsair (Read) beating Mr. Norris's Lady Louisa and 

 nine others. 



AT LAMBER-HURST. NOVEMBER 28th. A Sweepstakes 

 was won by Mr. Thomas's Pauline (Owner) beating Mr. Harris's 

 Jim Crow and seven others. 



AT LAMBER-HURST. DECEMBER 18th. Sweepstakes of 

 5 sov. each was won by Mr. Grove's Commodore (Owner) beating 

 Mr. Hawkins's Corsair (Read) and six others. 



AT CHALK. DECEMBER. A Purse of Sovereigns was won 

 by Mr. Norris's Lady Louisa (Owner) beating Mr. Hawkins's Corsair 

 (Owner) and eight others. 





