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double event. She was advertised for sale as a yearling at 

 Doncaster, when old John Day slipped down and tried to 

 buy her privately, but Mr. Stephenson insisted on her going 

 to the hammer along with Epinician. John Scott liked 

 her, but left off at 340, and the next ten settled the job for 

 Mr. Pad wick. She was tried as a two-year- old in October 

 at 7 lb., with Little Harry, and William Day, who rode in 

 the trial, was so pleased with her that he increased the 

 two thousand offer which he made on the ground to three 

 when they got into the house ; but Mr. Pad wick was as firm 

 as Gibraltar.' — Scott and Sebright. 



CATCH'EM ALIVE'S CAMBRIDGESHIRE, 1 863 



The following is the official account given of the 

 Catch'em Alive case in the 'Racing Calendar' for 1863. 

 1 When the jockeys returned to weigh in after the race, the 

 clerk of the scales found that the rider of Catch'em Alive 

 did not draw the proper weight. He was first weighed 

 without a whip, and a whip was afterwards given to him, 

 which was stated to be the one he rode with ; this barely 

 made him weight, and the owner of the second horse 

 objected to the jockey being weighed with anything given 

 to him after he got into the scales. The clerk of the 

 scales requested the stewards to come into the weighing- 

 room, and they decided that a jockey not having brought 

 his whip with him into the scale could not afterwards weigh 

 with it, and it plainly appeared that the jockey did not 

 draw his proper weight. The rider of Merry Hart had 

 been previously weighed and passed by the clerk of the 

 scales, and the stewards were on the point of giving the 

 race in his favour, when the rider of Summerside was 

 weighed, and he also was found short of weight. On this 

 the stewards directed the scales to be examined, when it 

 was found that they were not correct, and that some lead 

 had been fastened on the bottom of the weight scale. 

 When this was removed and the scales adjusted, the 

 stewards felt satisfied that the rider of Catch'em Alive 

 would have drawn his proper weight if the scales had been 

 adjusted before he was weighed, and the clerk of the 

 scales, on being questioned, having assured them that he 

 had no doubt on the subject, the stewards declared that 



