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that the man could not long survive, and asked him, 

 in the kindest manner, whether he could be of 

 service, it being apparent that the poor fellow had 

 something on his mind of which he wished to dis- 

 burden it. Upon the repeated exhortations of the 

 clergyman to confess it, and relieve his conscience, 

 the dying groom, mustering his remaining strength 

 to the task, exclaimed with all the energy his state 

 could permit, and no doubt to the great astonish- 

 ment and scandal of the clergyman, " Depend 

 upon it, that Eleanor's a h — 11 of a mare !" — 

 And his opinion of her proved correct, for she 

 won both those stakes ; — the only instance of the 

 kind on record. 



PRINCIPAL STAKES, &C., IN 1802. 



Newmarket, Craven Meeting. — The Craven stakes, nine subscribers, 

 won by Sir H. T. Vane's b. h. Cockfighter by Overton. Sweepstakes 

 of 100 gs. each, R. M., four subscribers, won by the Duke of Graf- 

 ton's b. c. Tyrant by Pot-8o's. Sweepstakes of 100 gs., A. F., three 

 subscribers. First class of the Oatlands' stakes, D. I., twelve sub- 

 scribers, won by Mr. Lord's b. c. Lignum-vitae by Walnut. A Sub- 

 scription Plate of £50, T. Y. C, won by the Duke of Grafton's ch. c. 

 Flambeau ; three years old. Second class of the Oatlands' stakes, 

 D. I., eleven subscribers, won by Lord Sackville's b. c. Dick An- 

 drews by Joe Andrews. Sweepstakes of J 00 gs. each, K. M., won by 

 Lord Sackville's b. h. Water by King Fergus ; 8st. 3lb. 



First Spring Meeting. — Sweepstakes of 200 gs., won by Lord Dar- 

 lington's ch. c. Muly Moloch by John Bull. Sweepstakes of 100 

 gs., Ab. M., five subscribers, won by Lord Milsintown's b. c. Pic- 

 nic. Sweepstakes of 100 gs., D. L, seven subscribers, won by Mr. 

 Lord's b. c. Lignum-vitae by Walnut. Sweepstakes of 50 gs. each, 

 T. Y. C, won by Mr. Wilson's b. f. Buzzard ; 8st. Sweepstakes of 

 100 gs., A. F., nine subscribers, won by Mr. Watson's b. c. Goaler 



