199 



IVizes. 



The stallions Allegro, Sovereign, and Leopold were sent to Russia, 

 and Usquebaugh and Crispin died. 



The unexpected decision of this year's St. Leger 

 at Doncaster, caused an excitement in the sport- 

 ing world as great as that occasioned by the two 

 races of the Prince of Wales' Escape in 1791, the 

 cases being also very similar. We cannot do better 

 than quote the following remarks of a well-known 

 sporting writer upon this race. 



"It is impossible to describe the sensation 

 excited by this race in the sporting circles in 

 London and Doncaster, and all parts of the king- 

 dom, previous to this event, — the hopss of one 

 party of betters, the fears of another squad, the 

 doubts of a third, and the numerous double events 

 connected with Swap to the end of the chapter. 



