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and two did not draw the weight. This is an impartial 

 and correct account of what took place on the occasion.' 



THE CHAMPAGNE STAKES, 1 864 



The official record of Blue Gown's disqualification for 

 the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster in the ' Racing 

 Calendar ' is singularly bald, and to the reader exclusively 

 of that formal page of the history of the Turf somewhat 

 misleading. At any rate it is short of the entire truth of 

 the matter. It is as follows : ' 2 to 1 against Blue Gown, 

 1 1 to 2 against Vale Royal, 7 to 1 each against Mercury 



