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CHAPTER XI. 



Racing in Great Britain in 1839 — Remarks on Epsom, Ascot, Good- 

 .wood, and Doncaster Races — Disputed pedigree of Bloomsbury — 

 The Pauline affair — Sporting Obituary, &c., &c. 



PRINCIPAL STAKES, &C., IN 1839. 



Pytchley Hunt, March 12. — The Trial stakes, won by Mr. E. Peel's 

 br. c. the Dean by Voltaire. The Tally-ho ! stakes, won by Mr. Fos- 

 ter's ch. f. Bellissima by Bizarre. The Open stakes, won by Mr. 

 Adams' b. f. Anne by Shakespeare. 



Coventry, March 13. — The Craven Trial Stakes, won by Mr. I. 

 Walters's gr. c. Vertumnus by Velocipede or Actaeon. A Handicap 

 of 10 sovs., won by Mr. Tomes's gr. g. Isaac by Figaro. The City 

 stakes, won by Mr. Careless's b. g. Powick by Henwick. 



Epsom Spring Meeting, March 14. — Sweepstakes of 5 sovs., with 

 50 added, by Sir G. Heathcote, Bart., M.P., won by Capt. William- 

 son's br. f. the Drama by Emihus. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. with 25 

 added, won by Mr. Shelley's br. f. Paraguay by Sir Hercules. 



Warwick Spring Meeting, March 20. — The Trial stakes, won by Mr. 

 Rawlinson's b. c. Chilson by Fungus. The Debdale stakes, won by 

 Captain Barton's Mark Anthony, aged. A forced Handicap of 10 sovs. 

 each, Mr. Walters's b. c. Goldhurst by Confederate. 



Bedford Spring Meeting, March 21. — The Oakley stakes, won by 

 Mr. P. Booth's b. g. Nottingham, aged. The Warden stakes, won by 

 Mr. P. Booth's b. g. Nottingham. 



