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opinion of French authorities, had the contrary effect, 

 and led indirectly to the success of Tenebreuse in 

 1888. The rule was afterwards withdrawn. 



We now come to the gravest matter with which 

 the Club has had to deal since it first came into exist- 

 ence — for the ' Kunning Rein ' business was not 

 settled by the Club but by a court of law, and, more- 

 over, did not involve the credit of one of its own 

 members — the * Chetwynd-Durham Case,' which was 

 left to the arbitration of the stewards of the Jockey 

 Club, and was, in fact, an indictment framed by one 

 member of the Club against another. There is no 

 intention here of going into the details of the matter. 

 It will suffice to call to mind that in a speech delivered 

 at the Gimcrack Club, York, Lord Durham, in the 

 most outspoken manner, brought certain charges 

 which Sir G. Chetwynd considered to be levelled 

 against himself, and said so. Lord Durham admitted 

 that the cap had been put upon the right head. 

 Whereupon Sir George, in the good old-fashioned 

 way, wished to fight. Lord Durham naturally de- 

 clined ; not only, it may be presumed, because duel- 

 ling is obsolete, as well as illegal, but because to have 

 accepted the challenge would have proved nothing 

 more than that two gentlemen were ready to stand 

 fire or cold steel, as everybody would have taken it 

 for granted that they were, and as ' Tommy Atkins ' 

 is whenever he is called upon. There was, therefore, 

 nothing for it but the law ; from which, with the 



