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ment to Messrs. Weatherby, as their decision of 

 the matter. 



*' We, the Stewards of Epsom races, consider- 

 ing that although by rule 58, when the quahfica- 

 tion of any horse is objected to after the race, the 

 onus of proof Ues upon the party objecting, yet 

 that we are not thereby precluded from receiving 

 proof of such qualification from the owner of the 

 horse objected to, if he shall see fit to tender it, 

 have this day, at the request of Mr. Ridsdale, 

 examined the evidence tendered by him in support 

 of the qualification of his horse Bloomsbury, and 

 are of opinion that the entry in the calendar is 

 correct, that Bloomsbury was qualified to start for 

 the Derby, and that his owner is entitled to the 

 stakes. 



(Signed) Gilbert Heathcote, 



J. De Teissier." 



To Messrs. Weatherby. 



The stakes, however, were not given up on the 

 authority of this decision, as the fiamer of Decep- 

 tion had taken the precaution of serving a legal 

 notice on the stakeholder not to pay them. 



Leaving this matter for the present, we shall 

 conclude our remarks on Epsom races, by a slight 

 notice of the Oaks, which stakes were won by 

 Deception by two lengths. The betting on this 

 race, in the early part of the year, did not excite 



