22 THE iST. LEGER, 1831. 



The odds, after underg-oing' several important fluctuations, averag'ed as follo-ws ; — 3 fO' 

 I ag'st The Saddler, 7 to 2 ag-st Marcus, 9 to 1 ag-st Liverpool, 12 to 1 ag-st Delig-ht, 13 

 to 1 ag-st Circassian, 14 to 1 ag-st Tan-are, 15 to 1 ag-st Sir John, 18 to 1 ag-st Colwick^ 

 20 to 1 ag-st Chorister, 25 to 1 ag-st Creole, 25 to 1 ag-st Lady Elizabeth, 30 to 1 agst 

 Chancellor, and 40 to 1 ag-st Achilles, 



The start was admirably managed — not a single failure 

 occurred. As usual Lord Scarbrough's horse went off 

 first ; and also as usual, Sam. Chifney went off last, and, 

 not as usual, he contrived to keep so throughout the race; 

 but we anticipate. Tarrare did not lead above half-way 

 to the hill, where he fell back into the crowd ; Chancellor 

 immediately took up the running, followed by Teetotum 

 and Mai Gardee ; behind whom were The Saddler, Rubini, 

 Tarrare, Liverpool, &c.. Chorister lying near the centre f 

 in this order they went over the hill at a capital pace, 

 Shrigley being beaten thus early. There was no change 

 of importance till they got to the Red House, where the 

 ragged ones began to drop off; first went Marcus, and 

 before they got to the rails, Creole, Circassian, Delight, 

 Achilles, Colwick, Sir John (who was as fat as a bullock). 

 Streamlet, Joan of Arc, and Panton, were hors de combat. 

 By this time Teetotum had retired into the crowd, and La 

 Fille Mai Gardee was leading, with The Saddler coming 

 up — at the distance he passed her, and here to all appear- 

 ance Nicholson had nothing to do but to sit quiet and win; 

 Chorister, however, was yet to be disposed of; he now 

 came gently forward, but did not venture to challenge 

 The Saddler till he got to the stand, and there he made a 

 rush a la Chifney. Nicholson made a desperate effort to 

 shake him off* without success ; and Chorister, solely by 

 the superiority of his jockey, won by about half a head. 

 Mai Gardee ran a tolerable third ; Chancellor, Lady Eli- 

 zabeth, and Liverpool, making a kind of draw for the 

 honour of being fourth. 



" Now comes the settling when the banquet's o'er," and 



