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tion of Racing Law arising out of it. At his re- 

 quest, a General Meeting of the Members of the 

 Club was called at Newmarket in the Second Oc- 

 tober Meeting, and the following is an account of 

 the proceedings on that occasion : — 



** At the meeting of the Jockey Club, held at 

 Newmarket on the 1 7th of October, when the Good- 

 wood Stakes' case was brought forward, the ques- 

 tion of Loutherbourg's pedigree was not taken into 

 consideration, the Marquis of Exeter stating that 

 he had taken upon himself, as Steward of Good- 

 wood races, the responsibility of deciding that 

 that horse started in 1837 under a false pedigree, 

 upon the evidence adduced before Lords Jersey 

 and Wharncliffe, which appeared in the Racing 

 Calendar of the 11th of September. The question 

 put by his Lordship for the opinion of the Club was 

 only the following question of racing law : — 



" Mr. Theobald's horse Loutherbourg having 

 won the Goodwood Stakes this year, and the pedi- 

 gree under which that horse started in 1837 having 

 been ascertained to be a false pedigree, by an in- 

 vestigation which has taken place since the race, 

 is Loutherbourg thereby disqualified, and the se- 

 cond horse, St. Luke, entitled to the stake ?" 



Upon which those members of the Club who had 

 an interest in the race retired ; the remaining 

 Members chose the Duke of Portland as chairman, 

 and after some discussion decided, by a majority of 



