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stewards of the Jockey Club met on Wednesday 

 morning in Oxendon Street ; but the owner of the 

 mare was again " wanting." The stewards, there- 

 fore, agreed to withhold their decision till the 

 following Monday, and directed letters to both 

 the owner and jockey of Pauline, desiring them to 

 forward to Messrs. Weatherby's office a written 

 statement or defence, by that period. 



The stewards of the Jockey Club met on Mon- 

 day, Jane 24, and gave the following opinion : 



** The stewards of the Jockey Club having 

 taken into consideration the evidence in support 

 of the charge against the owner and rider of 

 Pauline in the race for the Palace stakes at Hamp- 

 ton, and the explanation given by the former, in 

 which he admitted that he ordered his jockey to 

 lose the race to prevent his mare being claimed, 

 are of opinion that the whole proceeding was frau- 

 dulent and disgraceful, and that bets on this race, 

 lost to Mr. Theobald or to Mr. Curwen should not 

 be paid. 



Beaufort, 



Stradbroke (for Lord Chesterfield.) 



H. J. Rous." 



June 24th. 



Upon the publication of the above, Mr. Theo- 

 bald addressed the following letter to the editor of 

 the Morning Post. 



'' Sir, 

 " In the morning papers of Tuesday, is pub- 



