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ten subscribers, won by Mr. Sowerby's ch. c. St. Luke by Bedlamite. 

 Handicap sweepstakes of 15 sovs,, six subscribers, won by Lord Egre- 

 mont's b. f. Madeira by Chateau Margaux. The Town plate, won by 

 Mr. W. Edwards' br. c. Royal George by Royal Oak. The Rutland 

 stakes, twelve subscribers. Col. Peel's b. c. Anvil by Gaberlunzie 1 ; 

 Lord Exeter's b. c. Corban, 2. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs., won by Col. 

 Peel's br. f. Rosabel by Shakespeare. 



Second October Meeting, Monday, October 17. — Handicap sweep- 

 stakes of 10 sovs., won by Col. Peel's b. c. Newlight by Paris. Col- 

 Peel's b. c. Slane by Royal Oak received forfeit from Lord Exeter's 

 ch. c. Aurelius, D. M., 200 sovs., half forfeit. Tlie Clear- 

 well stakes, thirty-two subscribers. Col. Peel's ch. f. Bedlamite out of 

 Garcia 1 ; Mr. J. Day's b. f. Chapeau d'Espagne 2. Col. Peel's 

 b. c. Slane, 3 yrs. old, 7st., beat Lord Chesterfield's ch. c. 

 Hornsea, 4 yrs. old, 8st. 8lb., D. M., 200 sovs., half forfeit. The 

 Oatlands' stakes won by Mr. Walker's b. f. Gipsy by Tramp. The 

 Town plate, won by the Duke of Grafton's ch. h. Ulrick by St. 

 Patrick. Handicap plate of £100, Mr. Sowerby's ch. c. St. Luke 

 by Bedlamite, and Mr. Bond's ch. c. Coriolanus, ran a dead heat ; 

 after the dead heat, St. Luke won after a severe race. Handicap 

 sweepstakes of 10 sovs., six subscribers, Mr. Gardner's b. c. Ma- 

 gician by Zinganee. Handicap sweepstakes of 15 sovs., won by 

 Sir S. Graham's b. f. Avon by Shakespeare. Sweepstakes of 100 

 sovs., three subscribers, won by Mr. Greville's ch. f. Marmalade 

 by Emilius. The Prendergast stakes, twenty-three subscri])ers, won 

 by Lord Lichfield's ch. c. Cartoon by Priam. 



Newmarket Houghton Meeting. — There was a heavy fall of snow on 

 the Saturday morning preceding the races, and it remained on the 

 ground till Tuesday evening ; several of the races, fixed for Monday, 

 were, in consequence, postponed. The snow was cleared from the 

 Criterion course on Monday morning; and on Tuesday, above a hun- 

 dred men, besides numerous stable-boys, were employed from an 

 early hour, in clearing a tract of sufficient breadth, from the Ditch to 

 the Turn of the Lands. 



Monday, October 21. — Handicap sweepstakes of 10 sovs., six sub- 

 scribers, won by Mr. Smith's b. c. Mozart by Figaro. The Criterion 

 stakes, thirty-six subscribers, won by Mr. J. Day's b. f. Chapeau 

 d'Espagne by Dr. Syntax. Handicap plate of £100 won by Mr. 

 Walker's b. f. Gipsy by Tramp. Lord Jersey's b. c. Bay Middleton 

 beat Lord Exeter's b. c. Muezzin, 300 sovs , half forfeit. Sweepstakes 



