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Second race. — Lord Eglinton's horse was ridden by 

 Mr. Gavin Hamilton, Mr. Edin^ton riding for himself. 

 Aofain did the Glaso^ow oentleman's horse make the 

 running, but his owner took him the wrong side of a 

 flag, and had to return fifty yards, yet he was within a 

 lens:rth of the winner at the finish. 



Third race. — Lord Eglinton and Mr. Annesley were 

 the jockeys, as in the first race, and this was won easily 

 by Lord Eglinton, the other horse falling and rather 

 hurting his rider. 



Fourth race. — The same riders as in the third, and 

 this time Mr. Edington's horse won, his opponent's 

 refusingr the Powburn. 



In the fifth race Mr. Gavin Hamilton for Lord 

 Eglinton beat Mr. Edington by three lengths. The 

 Powburn brook, which it seems had to be jumped twice 

 in each race — -the course was a parallelogram — was 

 fifteen feet wide at each place, but whereas it was an 

 open water jump the first time, there was a hedge in 

 front of it where it was crossed the second time. The 

 races began at noon and finished at three, and this was, 

 so far as can be discovered, the longest steeplechase 

 programme that had yet been met with. Lord 

 Kelburne, afterwards Lord Glasgow, of Turf fame, was 

 umpire, and right well he rode about to points to enable 

 him to see what the horses were doine- 



Two days prior to the above races being decided, 

 that is to say on the 23rd of March, a couple of races 

 took place on the same day in the Pytchley country, ten 

 horses (at 20 sovs. each) starting from a field close to 

 Brixworth to run to a point in Cottesbrooke cow- 

 pastures. Two brooks came in the line, and the 

 fences, though stated not to be particularly severe, were 

 numerous enough. Mr. Evans' famous Grimaldi, with 

 Mr. Osbaldeston up, refused the fourth fence so sharply 

 that the Squire could not help cutting a voluntary, and, 



