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merit, for he was not present at my interview, 

 heard nothing of my defence, and has never had 

 any communication with me on the subject. I 

 have given orders to my sohcitor to commence an 

 action both against Lord Stradbroke and Captain 

 Rous, for defamation of character. 



" By inserting the above in your valuable paper 

 to-morrow, you will much oblige your obedient 

 servant. 



" P. Theobald." 



4, Orchard Street, Portman Square, 

 June 26th 



We need scarcely mention that the threatened 

 action was never brought. 



Before we proceed to our notice of Doncaster 

 races, we must recur to the dispute between Mr. 

 Ridsdale and Mr. F. Craven, with reference to the 

 pedigree of Bloomsbury. This question was not 

 set at rest until the month of August, Lord Lich- 

 field having given in the following protest against 

 the jurisdiction of the Jockey Club, upon its meet- 

 ing at Messrs. Weatherby's on the 8th of .June, 

 for the purpose of investigating Bloomsbury's 

 pedigree. 



It is necessary previously to observe that Lord 

 Lichfield, by objecting to Bloomsbury before .his 

 two races at Ascot, had thrown the onus of proving 

 the correctness of his pedigree on Mr. Ridsdale, 

 and had agreed to abide by the decision of the 



