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CHAPTER V 



Vagabond's City and Suburban — Walter and his * Kingsclere Racing 

 Circular' at 'The Swan' — The trial of Vagabond— Effect of the 

 report on the betting — The scratching of Vagabond and King 

 Cophetua — The libel on Sir Joseph Hawley in the ' Sporting 

 Times ' — Meeting of Sir Joseph Hawley and Dr. Shorthouse — 

 Additions to the Kingsclere stable — Isonomy — An extraordinary 

 trial — Isonomy 'great ' and Fernandez 'good' — All 'going' the 

 same to Isonomy — Porter ceases to train for the owner of Fernan- 

 dez — Lord Stamford joins the stable 



Before referring to the libel on Sir Joseph Hawley 

 which appeared in the ' Sporting Times ' (a full 

 account of which and the circumstances connected 

 therewith will be found in the Editor's notes), when 

 that journal was under the genial yet aggressive 

 control of the original proprietor and editor, the late 

 Dr. Shorthouse (those who best knew the Doctor 

 are aware that he was a curious mixture of big- 

 hearted geniality and Cobbett-like aggressiveness) 

 — it is necessary to state the plain facts of ' the 

 provocation.' The City and Suburban, 1869, was 

 won by Alpenstock, who ran also in the Metro- 

 politan at the same meeting. Sir Joseph Hawley 

 had accepted with Vagabond, 3 yrs., 6 st. 2 lb., for 

 the City and Suburban, and the colt was tried as 

 follows : 



