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appear on the scene with Jewitt, and The Deemster 

 has gone down with another to the start. All is expecta- 

 tion, not merely on the part of the various touts who are 

 present in full force, but sundry trainers, such as Mathew 

 Dawson, Tom Jennings, sen., etc., look on with some 

 anxiety. After all, there is no great reason for such 

 excitement. The Deemster simply does a good striding 

 gallop, nothing in the nature of a trial at all. We can 

 see that he moves well, albeit somewhat sluggishly for 

 which we like him none the worse but beyond that we 

 are no wiser after his gallop than before ; nor, as we 

 imagine, is anyone else. Captain Machell is not yet 

 back in Newmarket, and The Deemster remains a 

 mystery to the inhabitants of the place. 



GOUVERNEUR 



Next, young Tom Jennings becomes very much en 

 evidence, and we find that Gouverneur is to gallop, which 

 he does to some purpose. With two stable companions 

 he comes along at a rattling pace, the chestnut on the 

 far side being done with after little more than half 

 the distance is accomplished, and as Gouverneur and 

 the other pass us it is evident that the Derby horse has 

 all the best of it, and could gallop clean away from his 

 companion if asked to do so. The trainer is evidently 

 a good deal excited by what he sees in this gallop, and 

 bustles his hack along after them to the finish, so as to 

 miss nothing that is to be seen. Were we not assured 

 that Gouverneur did his work before the Two Thousand 

 just as well as he is doing now, I should be very much 

 tempted to support him for the Derby, but it is to be 

 feared that he will not show his form in public. I 

 certainly do not think, after what I have seen, that he 



