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being eleven to eight and six to four on Sir 

 Joshua. 



After Sir Joshua had been beaten at the First 

 Spring Meeting at Newmarket, by Castrella by 

 Castrel, for the Handicap sweepstakes of 100 gs. 

 each, A. F., Mr. Houldsworth challenged Sir 

 Joshua to run the same match over again for 

 2000 gs. which offer was declined by Mr. Neville, 

 who had the misfortune to lose this famous horse 

 from an accident at Newmarket, on the 14th of 

 December. 



As this case is one of rare occurrence, we give 

 the report of Mr. Bowles of Cambridge, who was 

 employed to examine the carcase. " With res- 

 pect to the appearance of Sir Joshua, on opening 

 his abdomen, I found at least four pails full of 

 coagulated and fluid blood. His near pelvis bone 

 was fractured, just where the head of the thigh 

 is recurved into the socket, and a portion of the 

 fractured bone had forced its way into the abdomen, 

 and by tearing the blood vessels, made an immense 

 wound, which caused the fatal haemorrhage. I 

 think the accident must have occurred from the 

 horse getting up hastily, having seen several simi- 

 lar fractures ; but no instance in which the bone 

 had forced itself into the cavity of the belly. Sir 

 Joshua's lungs, and every other part which I saw, 

 appeared perfectly sound." 



On the 22nd of April Mr. Bruen's b. f. Wire 

 by Waxy, which he had purchased of the Duke of 



