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verley out of a Comus mare, her dam Marciana by 

 Stamford out of Marcia by Coriander, Faith by 

 Pacolet, Atalanta by Matchem, Lass of the Mill 

 by Oronooko, Old Traveller, Miss Makeless by 

 Young Greyhound, Old Partner, Woodcock, 

 Croft's Bay Barb, Makeless, Brimmer, Dicky 

 Pierson, Burton Barb Mare. 



We must not conclude our notice of Doncaster 

 races without mentioning that Cobham, who not- 

 withstanding his failure at Epsom, found backers 

 at 16 to 1 on the day of the race, and started for 

 the St. Leger, broke down near the distance, 

 having run what is technically called very " dis- 

 honest." From all accounts, this horse did not 

 possess by any means first rate speed, added to 

 which he was a most uncertain runner. 



Shortly after Epsom races, Mr. Harvey Coombe 

 thought proper to remove his horse, Cobham, from 

 Mr. Scott's stables ; which occasioned a corres- 

 pondence between them relating to the whole 

 affair, which Scott afterwards published, as he 

 stated, for his own justification with his employers 

 and the public. As the two following letters suf- 

 ficiently show the merits of this disagreement, we 

 shall confine ourselves to them, without offering 

 an opinion as to which of the parties was in the 

 wrong. 



In Bell's Life in London, published on the 15th 

 of July, we find the following letter from Mr. 



