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CHAPTER VII. 



Racing in Great Britain from 1830 to 1833 — Malpractises at Don- 

 caster — Death of John Mangles, the jockey — His late Majesty, 

 "WiUiam IV's encouragement of racing — Mr. Osbaldiston's famous 

 match against time, two hundred miles performed in 8 hours and 

 42 minutes — Mr. Osbaldiston's challenge to the sporting world — 

 Death of Mr. James Weatherby, keeper of the match-book at New- 

 market. — The Doncaster St. Leger of 1832, with Mr. E. Bond's 

 explanation of his purchase of Ludlow — Duel between Mr. Os- 

 baldiston and Mr. Gully — Sporting obituary — The Earl of Scar- 

 borough —Lord Amesbury — The Earl of Fitzwilliam — Ralph Rid- 

 dell, Esq. — Sir Harry Goodricke, and Mr. F. Richardson, with 

 particulars of their connection with the Tiu-f, &c. 



PRINCIPAL STAKKS, &C., IN 1831. 



Newmarket Craven Meetinc/, April 4 . — The Craven stakes, sixteen 

 subscribers, won by Mr. Chifney's b. c. Priam by Emilius, three 

 years old. Handicap sweepstakes of 10 sovs., Ab. M., sixteen sub- 

 scribers, won by Lord Lowther's b. c. Spaniel by Whalebone. 

 Sweepstakes of 25 sovs., D. M., eight subscribers, won by Mr. Wag- 

 stafl:*'s b. f. Joan of Arc by Bustard. The seventeenth Riddlesworth 

 stakes, sixteen subscribers, won by Lord Jersey's ch. c. Riddles- 

 worth by Emilius out of Filagree. Sweepstakes of 200 sovs., D. M., 

 four subscribers, won by Lord Verulam's b. c. Vestris by Whalebone. 

 Sweepstakes of 150 sovs., four subscribers, won by Lord Exeter's ch. c. 



