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a false start ; another race was accordingly run, 

 for which only ten, not including Antonio, ran ; 

 and, the whole case having been referred to the 

 stewards of the Jockey Club, they condemned the 

 second race, on evidence given by the starter, and 

 pronounced Antonio the winner; and that in 1823 

 (when Barefoot won and there were but twelve 

 starters, according to the records) twenty-seven 

 horses came to the post ; there were three false 

 starts and three recalls, which were obeyed; twenty- 

 three horses then started and ran the whole course, 

 when Carnival came in first and Barefoot second, 

 but the starter having declared that he had not 

 given the word, the race was pronounced by the 

 authorities to have been a false start ; whereupon 

 fifteen horses were withdrawn, and the remaining 

 twelve ran, with the result that Barefoot, second 

 in the other race, won ; Carnival, first in the other 

 race, was nowhere ; and Conite d'Artois, oddly 

 enough, third both times. 



It was in the reign of George III. that Ascot, 

 which the King would patronize with all his 

 family, from George P. to the little Princess 

 Amelia, grew from small beginnings to the 

 dignity of a Gold Cup (in 1807); that Brighton 



