SIXTY YEARS ON THE TURF 



is, getting a very handsome beating indeed from 

 Ivan. The pair met on the same terms on the 

 Friday, in the Doncaster Stakes, run over a quarter 

 of a mile less ground than the St. Leger. Ivan, 

 not unreasonably, was favourite, but his position was 

 threatened by Acrobat, over whom tlie Scott party 

 went for a tremendous stake. This time Acrobat, 

 having, as the phrase runs, his head loose, ran a 

 very different horse, beating Ivan in a canter by 

 a length. On Templeman returning to weigh there 

 ensued a scene almost unparalleled in Turf annals — 

 the nearest approach being that wliich occurred at 

 Epsom when Paul's Cray beat Phenix, The mob, 

 red hot with fury, swarmed round the weighing- 

 room, intent on lynching Templeman, John Scott, 

 or anybody connected with Acrobat on whom they 

 could lay violent hands. Some bother had, however, 

 by the ominous murmurings of the morning, been 

 anticipated, and conveniently placed at the door of 

 the weighing enclosure were the famous pugilists, 

 Johnny and Harry Broome. The incensed Tykes 

 made an ugly rush, but on the leaders the fighting 

 brothers rained pitiless blows, and with assistance 

 coming the entrance was desperately held. What- 

 ever the Brooraes received they had stoutly earned, 

 as without them there was a grim prospect of 

 murder. 



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