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Wharton, the acting Stewards, and was as follows: 

 ' That Gloriation having won three races, each of the 

 value of 300 or more, ought, according to the con- 

 ditions of this race which stipulated "A winner 

 of 300 sovs. once to carry 3 Ibs. ; twice, or of any race 

 value 500 sovs., thrice, or of any race value 1000 sovs., 

 to carry 10 Ibs. extra"- to have carried 9 st. 8 Ibs., 

 instead of which he had carried only 9 st. 4 Ibs.' In 

 brief, he had only carried a penalty for winning twice 

 instead of thrice. It was the simplest matter in the 

 world to find that Gloriation this year had won the 

 Nottingham Spring Handicap of 350 sovs.; the 

 Doveridge Plate, value 575 sovs.; and the Redcar 

 Private Sweepstakes yesterday, value nearly 1000 sovs. 

 These facts were placed before the Stewards, who at 

 once saw that Gloriation had not carried the proper 

 weight. Accordingly the horse was disqualified, and 

 the Stakes awarded to King Milan, bets, of course, 

 going with the Stakes. 



" Mr. Vyner himself was one of the first, after 

 the objection had been made, to confess that Gloriation 

 had carried the wrong weight. This was a sorry 

 return to John Osborne's splendid finish and the 

 colt's gameness, but, of course, King Milan's backers 

 rejoiced at the unexpected turn of affairs in their 

 favour. Confusion then followed in the ring. Many 

 of the bookmakers had paid out on Gloriation, and, 

 perhaps, in many cases they would have no chance of 

 getting their money back. Seeing that they had to 

 pay over King Milan as well, their case was certainly 

 a hard one. One penciller, who bets to a fair amount of 

 ' ready,' had paid out 150, little or nothing of which 

 he expects to get back, for the British punter, once he 

 gets hold of the money of the bookmaker, is very loth 



