VARIOUS RACES 293 



came a sweepstakes for which seven or eight horses 

 contended. 



On Tuesday, the loth of March 1835, the " Scole 

 Steeple Race, Norfolk," took place, there being two 

 races, the light and heavy stakes. The light weight 

 race, 3 sovereigns each, was first brought off. Each 

 horse carried 10 st. 7 lbs., and the four-mile course was 

 oval in shape. The placed horses were Mr. G. St. 

 Vincent Wilson's Matilda (Mr. Pistle), i ; Mr. H. 

 Munro's Santillane (Mr. Green), 2; Mr. W. Bennett's 

 Wrangler (Mr. Chandler), 3; while Little Tom, Navarino, 

 and Diana also started. The ground was very deep 

 and the line severe, the obstacles including a wide open 

 drain and a formidable brook. There were plenty of 

 falls, but Matilda and Santillane ran a fine race for the 

 last quarter of a mile, the mare gradually wearing down 

 the latter and winning by about a length. The time 

 is given as sixteen minutes. 



The race for the heavy weights brought out a stronger 

 field, and though the starting and finishing points were 

 almost the same as in the first race, the line was a new 

 one. The first three were Mr. H. Munro's Grab 

 (Mr. Chandler), i ; Mr. Green's Tranby (Owner), 2 ; Mr. 

 Nurse's Predictor (Mr. J. Havers), 3 ; the other starters 

 being Negociator, Niagara, King of Diamonds, Paganini, 

 Grasshopper, Water Witch, and Fortunate Youth. In 

 this race the horses carried 1 2 st. each. As soon as a 

 start was made King of Diamonds and Predictor bolted, 

 and before the winning-post was reached each rider had 

 met with about three falls. Five horses were in the 

 brook together, Grasshopper was galloped to a standstill, 

 and Paganini, ridden by Mr. Powell, was so badly injured 

 that he was found dead in his box a few days later. 

 Fortuna:e Youth so far belied his name that, being 

 last in the race, his owner had to pay the second horse's 

 stake. 



