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CHAPTER V. 



Racing in Great Britain from 1820 to 1825 — Death of Sir Charles 

 Bunbury — Fatal accident to the Hon. Mr. Trevor while riding a 

 race — A Royal Plate given to be run for annually at Manchester — 

 Singular instance of success on the Irish turf — Exportation of 

 thorough-bred stallions — Prices fetched by the race-horses' of 

 Messrs. Pierce, Charlton, Udney, &c., &c. 



PRINCIPAL STAKES, &C. IN 1821. 



Newmarket Craven Meeting, Jlpril 2. — The Craven stakes, nine 

 subscribers, won by Mr. Vansittart's ch. c. by Comus. The first 

 class of the seventh Riddlesworth stakes, sixteen subscribers, won by 

 Mr. Batson's b. c. Rosicrucian by Sorcerer. Sweepstakes of 200 gs. 

 each, five subscribers, won by Lord Grosvenor's br. f. Bittern by 

 Thunderbolt. Renewal of the Woodcot Green stakes, six subscribers, 

 won by Lord Rous's b. c. Incantator by Sorcerer. The second class, 

 of the seventh Riddlesworth stakes, eighteen subscribers, won by 

 Mr. Udney's ch. f. Ibla by Truffle. The first class of the Oatlands' 

 stakes, nine subscribers, won by Mr. Wortley's b. c. Locksley by 

 Smolensko. The second class of the Oatlands' stakes, nine sub- 

 scribers, won by Lord Jersey's b. g. Sporus by Orville. Sweep- 

 stakes of 200 gs. each, D. M., three subscribers, won by the Duke 

 of Grafton's ch. c. Carbonaro by Woeful ; received forfeit. The Claret 

 stakes, four subscribers, won by the Duke of Rutland's b. f. Emiline 

 by "Waxy. Sweepstakes of 200 gs. each, won by H. R. H. the Duke 



