BRJTISH TURF. 501 



our readers to our calendar for that year, in which 

 we have given them in full. 



Such was the opinion entertained by the sport- 

 ing world of the conduct of the owner of this 

 splendid animal, that Harkaway was driven with 

 scorn from the Goodwood stakes, and from most, 

 if not all the handicaps in which he appeared. 



To return to the racing events of the year 

 which call for remark. We next come to the Hamp- 

 ton races, and it is with regret that we find our- 

 selves obliged, as honest historians, to prolong the 

 remembrance of transactions such as the following. 

 At these races, a well-known half-bred mare, 

 called Pauline, came out for the Palace stakes, won 

 the first heat with ease, started for the second, but 

 reserved herself for the third. When she had 

 started for the third, it became obvious that her 

 racing powers were decidedly superior to those of 

 all her opponents. With the emulation of an 

 old practitioner, she pulled hard, shook her 

 head, and tried to spring to the lead. Her rider 

 held her with a powerful curb with difficulty ; it 

 required, indeed, his utmost exertions to prevent 

 her winning, and he brought her in amidst the 

 loudly expressed indignation of the spectators. 



The Stewards of the Jockey Club met on Thurs- 

 day, June 12, at Weatherby's for the purpose of 

 investigating this foul transaction ; but as the 

 owner of Pauline did not make his appearance, the 

 decision of the case was suspended. The follow- 



