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necessary formal technicalities, the case was trans- 

 ferred to the Stewards of the Jockey Club for arbit- 

 rament. A dreadfully long inquiry ensued. Lord 

 Durham proved a great many things (especially that 

 between a member of the Club, a trainer, and a jockey 

 of large pecuniary means, great ability, and question- 

 able character, there were extraordinary relations, 

 such as certainly would not have met with the appro- 

 bation of the Lord Derby who wrote the letter to the 

 Club of June 30, 1857), but, as most people thought, 

 did not prove the particular allegations he had made. 

 In the end Lord Durham incurred a great deal of 

 expense, and won a great deal of credit. The Stewards 

 delivered a sort of half and half award in spirit, 

 though they awarded but one farthing instead of the 

 20,000Z, claimed ; and Sir George Chetwynd retired 

 from the Club, announcing his retirement in a letter 

 which Mr. James Lowther read to the Club, and com- 

 mented upon in terms which made one wonder what 

 the pother had been about, and why Sir George, in- 

 stead of resigning, should not have been elected a 

 Steward once more. To many an outsider it seemed 

 to be eminently a case which the Stewards ought to 

 have taken up (and, indeed, it appeared that they 

 were 'just a-going to begin,' as usual, when the plaguy 

 law interfered again and pricked them into premature 

 action) long before, and settled within the four corners 

 of the Jockey Club's own room ; for, according to 

 Lord Durham, the disgraceful matters which drove 



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