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Riddlesworth was won by a good man with a bad mare — 

 the Duke of Richmond's Somnambule — the noble Duke 

 could as little have dreamt of winning with such a beast, as 

 did the Duke of Portland think of pocketing the Column 

 Stakes with Amphitrite — it would be a prostitution of the 

 word to call them races. Kate and Messenger, beating bad 

 horses, were at once brought into the betting for Epsom ; 

 but the knowing ones laid it pretty thick on them, and had 

 a nice nibble, whilst Perion, Olga, and St Giles, made their 

 first appearances this season, and came off with flying co- 

 lours. In the course of this meeting three or four matches 

 of some interest were run ; Zany beat the three thousand 

 guinea nag, Riddlesworth, to his heart's content. Crutch 

 came out in great force over the T.Y.C., and The Saddler 

 in a match for 500, with Protocol, surprised his party by 

 winning! Liverpool having carried ofl" the Port Stakes 

 (beating amongst others the Black Daphne colt, purchased 

 by Mr Chifney, to win the Derby of last year, as a bargain 

 at 1500 guineas!) was bought by Lord Cleveland for 1500 

 guineas. This was another bargain. In fact, a list of the 

 prices given for Derby, Oaks, and Leger Cracks of 1831, 

 during eighteen months, may, perhaps, be both curious and 

 interesting. Riddlesworth sold for 3000 guineas, after 

 running second for the Derby — Black Daphne for 1500 

 guineas — Trustee, third for the Derby, for 2000 guineas — 

 Non Compos for 2000 guineas — Fang sold at two 3'ears old 

 for 3300 guineas — Ludlow for 5000 guineas — Lady Fly for 

 1000 guineas — and Gratis for 1000 guineas — eight horses, 

 and nearly twenty thousand pounds in all ! ! ! 



This meeting was also remarkable for the sale at New- 

 market, of His Majesty's horses in training, and the with- 

 drawal of Royalty from that turf which had been called 

 into existence under its fostering influence. 



In the Newmarket " First Spring," a punishing race for 



