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that genuine sportsman, whose system has ever 

 been " to run for pubUc money, and never bet a 

 shilling." Amato came in an easy winner by a 

 length, Ion second, and Grey Momus a bad third. 

 Mr. Coombes's " Crack," from which so much 

 was expected, was nowhere, which gave rise to the 

 usual surmises of " foul play, &c.," and led to 

 proceedings between that gentleman and his 

 trainer, Mr. Scott, which we shall presently 

 notice. 



The amount lost on this race was comparatively 

 small, the principal winners being the Earl of 

 Chesterfield, Messrs. S. Smith, Myers, Barnes, 

 Stubbs, &c., which latter gentlemen reside in the 

 vicinity of Sir G. Heathcote's training stables, and 

 had no doubt received hints that his Derby horse 

 was not a " bad catch" at the price he stood at in 

 the ring. Some of the Stock Exchange worthies 

 are also said to have made some little pickings on 

 this event ; while the principal sufferer among the 

 legs was the well-known Mr. Crockford. 



A sort of influenza, in the shape of coughs and 

 inflammatory sore throats, having taken all the best 

 mares, being nearly all the original favourites, out 

 of the field, viz. : — Barcarolle, Ninny, Vesperillo, 

 Glenara and Larnaca — the Oaks was left apparently 

 to a very indifferent lot. Of these, Calisto was the 

 favourite, the odds being 5 to 2 against her, 9 to 

 2 against Industry, 8 to 1 against Mecca, (the 

 winner of the 1000 gs. stakes,) &c. Contrary to 



