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and the Provost. In this order they continued till 

 descending the hill, when Bloomsbury fell behind 

 Malvolio and Provost, and seemed to have neither 

 pace nor bottom left in him. In going over the 

 deep ground near the Red-house, Charles was 

 several lengths a-head of Euclid, the pace be- 

 coming every instant more severe, and the tailing 

 in proportion ; in short, the race was soon confined 

 to Charles and Euclid, the rest resigning all 

 pretensions. At the distance, Euclid, who had 

 been gradually getting up to his opponent, went 

 to his head, and looked very like a winner. At 

 this moment, nothing could exceed the anxiety 

 of the vast assemblage of spectators, who appeared 

 entirely rapt up in the intense struggle taking 

 place under their eyes. 



In the run in, Euclid was several times driven 

 against the rails by Charles, but, notwithstanding, 

 managed to make it a dead heat. Altogether, this 

 was a most interesting struggle ; both horses ap- 

 peared much distressed on coming in, and we 

 cannot help thinking, that but for the mishap 

 against the raiUngs, EucUd would have been the 

 winner. The time of running was three minutes 

 and twenty-seven seconds. 



The betting for the second heat opened at 6 to 4 

 on Charles, but closed at 5 to 4 on Euclid, from 

 the large sums employed in hedging. 



In this race, Conolly cantered in front for the 

 first three quarters of a mile, Scott playing the 



