50 THE DONCASTER ST LEGER, 1832. 



impossible for any nobleman to give any future support to 

 the races ! and so the matter dropped ! 



After much squabbling, now of no interest to any, the 

 following horses came to the Post. 



Lord Sligo's ch. c. Daxon, by Lang-ar, out of Cora. — A. Pavis 

 Sir R. Bulkeley's b. c. Birdcatcher, by St Patrick. — Calloway 

 Mr Houldsworth's b. c. David, by Catton. — S. Darling- 

 Mr Edmundson's ch. c. Richmond, by Jack Spig-ot. — R. Johnson 

 Mr Powlett's gr. f. by Fig-aro. — J. Holmes 

 Lord Cleveland's ch. c. Trustee, by Catton. — J. Day 

 Mr Ridsdale's b. c. Brother to Maria, by Whisker. — Scott 

 Lord Kelburne's b. c. Retainer, by Jerry. — G. Nelson 

 Mr F. Richardson's b. c. Fang-, by Lang-ar. — Connolly 

 Mr S. Fox's br. c. Julius, by Jerry. — S. Tem pitman 

 Lord Exeter's b. c. Byzantium, by Sultan. — Arnull 

 Mr Sklpsey's b. c. Physician, by Brutandorf. — H. Edwards 

 Mr W. Scott's b. c. Carlton, by Catton.— Garbutt 

 Mr Watt's b. f. Nitocris, by Whisker.— T. Nicholson 

 Lord Langford's b. c. Roue, by Starch.— T. Lye 

 Mr Beardsworth's br. c. Ludlow, by Filho da Puta.— Wrig-ht 

 Mr GuUy's ch. c. MargTave, by Muley. — J. Robinson. 



Roue led off at a pace precisely the reverse of the merry 

 rate at which the Derby horses travelled ; he was attended 

 by the Figaro filly and Carlton, Birdcatcher being pretty 

 forward, while all the cracks formed an exclusive coterie of 

 their own in the centre. Taking it as leisurely as if going 

 a mere gallop, they got to the Red House. Roue died 

 away at the turn, and Powlett's filly immediately took his 

 place at a better pace; Birdcatcher was now second, and in 

 a cluster behind w^ere Physician, Julius, Margrave, Rich- 

 mond, and Retainer. At the rails Birdcatcher ran up to 

 the mare, increased the speed, and shook her ofi' at the dis- 

 tance. All this time, Robinson on Margrave had been im- 

 perceptibly drawing upon them, and no sooner had the 

 mare failed than Birdcatcher's rider found a fresh antagonist 

 in Margrave, who came up to him at the stand, and won by 

 nearly a length, the Figaro filly being third, Physician 

 fourth, Richmond fifth, Retainer sixth, and the rest nowhere. 



On the following Thursday in the same Meeting the Gas- 

 coigne Stakes were cairicd off by Margrave, who, with four 



