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and Virtue, 10 to 1 each against Mameluke and Iron- 

 master, and 100 to 6 against Bel Giorno. Blue Gown 

 came in first, beating Virtue by half a length, a head 

 between the latter and Bel Giorno, but at the weighing in 

 Wells was more than 2 lb. overweight, and Blue Gown was 

 disqualified. The Parson was left at the post.' 



GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA'S IMPRESSIONS OF 

 SIR JOSEPH HAWLEY 



Sala, in his ' Life and Adventures/ says : ' Hawley 

 Smart was the nephew of the renowned racing baronet, 

 Sir Joseph Hawley, at whose house, at West Brighton, I 

 was enabled, through the kindness of my friend, the Hon. 

 Francis Lawley, to pass many pleasant hours. I was 

 nervous at first about accepting Sir Joseph's invitation ; 

 since — although I have long studied the history and the 

 anatomy of the horse, and can draw the animal tolerably 

 well — I am as ignorant as a Potowatomie Indian of all 

 turf matters. But to my agreeable surprise I found Sir 

 Joseph Hawley's house full of rare books and splendid 

 specimens of the Old Masters, among the last of which I 

 recollect a magnificent full-length, life-sized portrait, by 

 Sir Anthony Vandyck, of a Doge of Genoa, whose robes 

 of crimson damask seemed absolutely to flow over fe 

 frame on to the carpet. It was equally agreeable to find 

 that the racing baronet was well versed in literature, old 

 and new, and that he was a connoisseur and critic in art : 

 nor during the day did he once make mention of such a 

 quadruped as a race-horse.' 



'THE KINGSCLERE RACING CIRCULAR' 



The four pages of racing articles, Training Reports, 

 and Key Numbers, which were issued weekly under the 

 title of the ' Kingsclere Racing Circular,' were modelled on 

 existing publications of honest repute. An independent 

 version of a familiar saying did prefatory duty as a motto. 

 To wit : — ' No bet is a good one until well hedged to ' — 

 4 Winning Turf Maxim.' Then came the title of the sheet, 



