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been published ; but the appended table gives the winners 

 of the series : — 



In 1S34, at Dublin, Lieut. Knox's b. m, 



" Fanny," 5 yrs. . . Owner. 



„ 1835, ^t Manchester, Capt. J. W. King's 



b. m. " La Bayadere," 4 yrs 



„ 1836, at Edinburgh, Capt. J. W. King's 



b. g. " His Highness " 



„ 1S37, at Leeds, Lieut. R. Chambers' b. m. 



" Miss Whitefoot " 



,, 1838, at Birmingham, Lieut. Whittaker's 



b. g. " Spotless " „ 



„ 1839, ^^ York, Col. Sir Maxwell Wallace's 



b. g. " Butcher " Mr. Sutton. 



,, 1 840, at Nottingham, Captain Hovendon's 



ch. g. " Saltfish " „ Blackburn. 



„ 1 84 1 , at Manchester, Captain King's ch. m. 



"The Hind" Owner. 



The cup having been won three times by Captain King, 

 became his property. 



1841 



So far as I can ascertain, the first Grand Military 

 Meeting took place on the 24th March 1841, at 

 Northampton, where a three days' meeting was held. 

 The conditions of the chief race were : — 



A sweepstakes of 10 so vs. each, h.ft., with a purse 

 added by subscription (not to exceed i sov. each) for 

 horses which, on or before Feb. i, 1841, were bona fide the 

 property of officers on full pay in the army ; to carry 1 2st. 

 each, and to be ridden by officers on full pay ; three miles 

 over a sporting country; winners extra. The second horse 

 received his stake and one-fourth of the purse, after ex- 

 penses had been paid out of it. The race resulted thus : — 



Capt. Sir J. G. Baird's (loth H.) " Carlow," 5 lb. 



extra Owner i 



Mr. Maddocks's (9th L.) "Creole," 10 lb. extra . ,, 2 

 „ W. de Winton's (2nd L. G.) "Primrose," 



5 lb. extra „ 3 



Capt. Quentin's (loth H.) "India Rubber," . „ 4 



Twenty starters. 



