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country and abroad, and his sporting pictures con- 

 tinue to this day to retain their places in the gal- 

 leries of our nobility and gentry. 



PRINCIPAL STAKES, &C., IN 1809. 



Newmarket, Craven Meeting, April 3. — The Craven stakes, won by 

 Lord Grosvenor's b. m. Violante by John Bull, six years old. 

 Sweepstakes of 100 gs.^ A. F., ten subscribers, won by Mr. Wilson's 

 ch. c. Wizard by Sorcerer, dam by Precipitate, bought of Mr* 

 Goodison. Sweepstakes of 100 gs., Ab. M., won by Gen. Gower's 

 br. f. Maid of Orleans by Sorcerer. Sweepstakes of 100 gs., R. M., 

 four subscribers, won by Sir C. Bunbury's b. c. Fair Star by Whis- 

 key out of Giantless. The Oatlands' stakes of 50 gs., D. I., fourteen 

 subscribers, won by Mr. Croft's Bacchanal by St. George, four years 

 old, 8st. 3lb. Sweepstakes of 200 gs., R. M., three subscribers, won 

 by the Duke of Grafton's Doleful by Sorcerer out of Bounty. Sweep- 

 stakes of 200 gs. each, D. M., six subscribers, won by Lord Darling- 

 ton's b. c. Levant by Don Quixote, out of a sister to SpandUle. Tlie 

 second class of the Oatlands' stakes of 50 gs , D. L, fourteen sub- 

 scribers, won by Lord Grosvenor's b. m. Meteora by Meteor, six years 

 old, 9st. 71b. Sweepstakes of 100 gs., T, Y. C, won by Gen. Gros- 

 venor's b. f, Briseis by Asparagus. The third class of the Oatlands' 

 stakes of 50 gs., D. L, thirteen subscribers, won by Sir C. Bunbury's 

 b. f. Agnes by Sorcerer, three years old, 7st. 



First Spring Meeting, April 1/. — The Prince's stakes of 100 gs., 

 A. F., six subscribers, won by Sir J. Shelley's b. c. Robin by Don 

 Quixote. Sweepstakes of 200gs. each, B. C, eight subscribers, won 

 by Sir H. Wilhamson's ch. c. Pan by St. George. Sweepstakes of 

 100 gs,, T. M. M. Tlie 200 gs. stakes, twenty-three subscribers, won 

 by Mr. Wilson's ch. c. Wizard by Sorcerer. The Claret stakes of 

 200 gs. each, five subscribers, won by the Duke of Grafton's br. c. 

 Vandyke by Sir Peter. The Newmarket stakes of 50 gs., sixteen 

 subscribers, won by Sir C. Bunbury's bl. c. Thunderbolt by Sorcerer, 

 out of Whiskey. Sweepstakes of 100 gs., ten subscribers, won by 

 Lord Grosvenor's b. c. Eaton by Sir Peter. Sweepstakes of 100 gs., 

 Ab. M., six subscribers, won by Lord Darlington's ch. c. Rubens by 

 Buzzard, 9st. 



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