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RATHCOOLE. 



FEBRUARY 14th. The Challenge Cup, value £ 50., with £ 10. 

 in specie, added to a Sweepstakes of 2 sov. each ; 3 yrs. old 10st., 4 

 yrs. lOst. lllb., 5 yrs. list. 71b., 6 yrs. and aged 12st. 2lb. ; mares 

 and geldings allowed 31b. ; thorough-bred horses 71b. extra, and 

 winners of the value of £ 50. 71b. extra, heats two miles. 

 Mr. Burgh's gr. m. Grisette, by Verulam, 5 yrs. Owner. 1 1 



Mr. Smith's b. m. Sheelah, by Young Musician, aged 



D. Farrell. 2 2 

 Mr. Lockwood's b. g. Almaviva (late the Buck), by Wait-a- 

 while, 6 yrs. - - Owner, dis. 



Won in a canter. 



Sweepstakes of 1 sov. each, with £ 5. added ; weight for age set 

 at a stone less than the cup weights, (heats two miles) was won by 

 Mr. Underwood's ch. g. Navarino, by Navarino, aged, lOst. 131b. 

 (D. Farrell) distancing eight others. 



DUBLIN (WOOD PARK). 



FEBRUARY 22nd. Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sov. each, 15 

 ft., and 5 only if declared, with £ 100. added. (18 subs., 15 of whom 

 declared.) heats three miles. 



Mr. Archbold's Lero, list. - Horan. 12 1 



Mr. Strong's Gomas, list. lib. - - Owner. 2 13 



Capt. Kennedy's Warrior, list - Owner. 3 3 2 



Mr. Yeo's Smoke, list. 71b., and Mr. Carey's Fiddler, list. 21b., 

 were distanced in the first heat. Won by a head. 



KILKENNY HUNT. 



MARCH 5th. A Sweepstakes was won in three heats by Mr. 

 Philip Walsh's Ploughboy beating Mr. Michael Walsh's Toplo? (won 

 the second heat) and fourteen others. In consequence of an objection 

 to Ploughboy, as having gone on the wrong side of a flag, the stakes 

 were divided between the Messrs. Walsh. 



LOUTH. 



MARCH 7tb. The Fortescue Plate, value 50 gs., with £30. 

 added by the stewards to a Sweepstakes of 5 sov. each, for all horses ; 

 3 yrs. old 9st. 10lb., 4 yrs. lOst. 101b., 5 yrs. list. 71b., 6 vrs. 12st. 



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