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CHAPTER X. 



Racing in Great Britain in 1838 — Remarks on the Derby, Oaks and 

 St. Leger races, witli the pedigrees of the winners — Correspondence 

 between Harvey Coombe, Esq. and Mr. John Scott respecting the 

 horse, Cobham — Dispute as to tlie identity of Mr. Theobald's 

 Loutherbourg, with the decision of the Jockey Club — Sporting Obi- 

 tuary — The Duke of Leeds — Lord Berners — Robert Robson, the 

 Newmarket trainer — Samuel Day, Jun., the jockey — Stud Sales, 

 &c., &c. 



PRINCIPAL STAKES, &C., IN 1838. 



Newmarket Craven Meeting, Monday, April 1 6. — The Craven stakes, 

 won by Mr. Bird's b. h. Redshank by Sandbeck. Handicap stakes 

 of 10 sovs., fourteen subscribers, won by Lord G. Bentinck's br. c. 

 Seth by Voltaire. Handicap stakes of 10 sovs., six subscribers, won 

 by Lord Suffield's ch. m. Arsenic by The Colonel. The twenty-fourth 

 Riddlesworth stakes, seventeen subscribers, won by Lord Jersey's b. c. 

 Phoenix by Buzzard. Sweepstakes of 150 sovs., five subscribers, 

 won by Lord Exeter's ch. m. Romania by Sultan. Mr. Greville's 

 br. c. Mango by Emilius, received forfeit from Mr. Osbaldeston's b. c. 

 Mahometan by Muley, T. M. M., 300 sovs., 100 ft. 



Tuesday. — The CofFee-room stakes, seven subscribers, won by 

 Mr. Batson's ch. f. Vesperillo by Reveller. The fifth Tuesday's 

 Riddlesworth stakes, six subscribers, won by Lord Exeter's ch. f. 

 Mecca by Sultan. The Oatlands' stakes, nine subscribers, won by 

 Lord Suffield's Cow-boy by Voltaire. 



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