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ASHGILL; OR, THE LIFE 



He broke down the following year, then sold to 

 Mr. Carew Gibson, and died young." 



THE MIDDLE PARK PLATE. 



(October 14, 1874.) 



THE MIDDLE PARK PT,ATE of 500 sovs. , added to a sweepstake of 30 sovs. each, 

 20 ft., for two-year-olds; colts, 8st. 91b., fillies and geldings, 8st. 61b. ; 

 penalties and allowances ; second to receive 200 sovs. and third 100 sovs. out 

 of the stakes. Bretby Course, 6 furlongs. (145 subs.) 



Mr. T. Brown's b c Plebeian, by Joskin Queen Elizabeth, Mordau 1 



Lord Dupplin's br f Per Se, . . . . . . T. Cannon 2 



Prince Batthyany's Galopin, ...... Morris 3 



Mr. Launde's ch c Holy Friar, . . . . . J. Osborne 4 



Mr. W. S. Cartwright's cr f Maude Victoria, . . . Constable 



Mr. Chaplin's br f Stray Shot, ..... Maidment 



Mr. W. S. Crawfiu-d's b c Semper Durus, . . . Chaloner 



Mr. H. Delamarre's br f Palmyre, ..... Carver 



Lord Falmouth's br c Dreadnought, . . . . F. Archer 



Lord Falmouth's b c Garterly Bell, .... Lynch 



Mr. T. Fetherstonehaugh's ch c Horse Chestnut, . . Parry 



Mr. F. Gretton's br c Chester, . . . . . Huxtable 



Lord Hartington's br f Chaplet (3 Ib. extra), . . . Jeffrey 



Mr. W. S. Mitchell-Innes's ch c Saint Leger, . . . Wood 



Mr. Jenkins's b c Killiecrankie, ..... Hunt 



Mr. Launde's b or br c Chartist, ..... Griffiths 



M. Lefevre's br c Punch, ...... Fordham 



Captain Machell's b c Telescope (4 Ib. extra), . . . Martin 



Mr. Merry's br c by Brother to Strafford Makeshift, . Webb 



Baron Scheckler's b c Perplexe, ..... Hunter 



Prince SoltykofFs b c Balfe, ...... distance 



Mr. Somerville's b c Fakenham Ghost, . . . . T. Osborne 



Mr. Terry's ch c Woodlands, ...... Goater 



Mr. Baltazzi's Insolvent, ...... Hibberd 



Betting 2 to 1 against Holy Friar, 6 to 1 against Galopin, 9 to 1 against Punch, 

 10 to 1 against Plebeian, 12 to 1 against Per Se, 16 to 1 each against Horse 

 Chestnut, Telescope, and Makeshift colt, 25 to 1 against Balfe, 33 to 1 each 

 against Fakenham Ghost and Woodlands, 40 to 1 each against Chaplet and 

 Perplexe, and 66 to 1 against Stray Shot. 



THE RACE. 



The lot, after some delay, got away to a beautiful start, and were in a cluster for 

 a short distance, but on settling down into their places Galopin on the left took a 

 slight lead of Holy Friar who was running wide on the right, having at his 

 quarters Per Se, while in the centre of the course came the Makeshift colt, 

 Perplexe, and Plebeian, with Fakenham Ghost and Punch on the extreme left, 

 Chester, the whipper in, being soon tailed off. Thus they came for quarter of a 



