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lessness from which this error had been allowed to 

 creep into the Stud Book. What makes the Messrs. 

 Weatherby appear less excusable in this case is, 

 that they neglected to correct the mistake after 

 they were made acquainted with it ; they having 

 allowed the pedigree of Bloom sbury to appear 

 different in their two publications, the Stud Book 

 and the Racing Calendar. 



This brings us to the great northern meeting, 

 which upon the whole, may be said to have de- 

 rived additional public interest, from the fact of 

 Bloomsbury being the first favourite for the St. 

 Leger. 



The great and increasing importance of compa- 

 ratively new meetings has, of late years, turned 

 some of the tide of popular favour from the North 

 into other channels. The late agitation of the 

 Bloomsbury question was, therefore, looked on as 

 a perfect God-send, as tending to excite an inte- 

 rest in the St. Leger stakes — the great feature of 

 the Doncaster Meeting — which they would not 

 otherwise have possessed. 



The FitzwiUiam stakes : Mr. Orde's b. m. 

 Bee's-wing. Betting, 7 to 2 on Bee's-wing. Won 

 in a canter by four lengths. 



Handicap of 10 sovs. : Duke of Cleveland's b. c. 

 KremUn. Betting 6 to 4 on Kremlin. Won easy 

 by one length and a half. 



The Champagne stakes : 



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