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was not made use of; St Giles, therefore, had nothing to 

 fear but Perion, and of him he disposed without much dif- 

 ficulty. The effect of the race, or rather of the settling, 

 was such as to put an end to the coalition between Messrs 

 Gully and Ridsdale ; the former was said to have won up- 

 wards of £40,000, and his friend, who had permitted St 

 Giles to win without making an effort with Margrave (allow- 

 able with co-partners), thought himself entitled to a moiety 

 of the results ; but upon this, it is said, " canny York " put 

 a negative, and so the partnership was dissolved. The 

 Oaks was won in a canter by Galata, Lady Fly second, Kate 

 nowhere, although forced into the market at 5 to 2. Archi- 

 bald, dead as a stone, was shamefully beaten by Roue ; and 

 thus ended one of the dullest meetings ever seen on Epsom 

 Downs. 



At Ascot things went off more brilliantly ; the company 

 numerous and aristocratic ; the sport plentiful, but lacking 

 goodness. Rowton appeared in his Leger form, and carried 

 off the Oatlands with a great weight on his back ; he after- 

 wards ran a dead heat for the Cup with Camarine, and was 

 beaten in the second, by the mare's superior stoutness. The 

 first heat was allowed to be the most finished specimen of 

 riding (between Sam Chifney and Jem Robinson) that had 

 been seen for many years. 



This meeting received an additional splendour from the 

 presentation, by his Majesty, to the Jockey Club, of the 

 Hoof of Eclipse, set in gold, as a Challenge Prize for the 

 Ascot Meetings, It is of a beautifully chaste and elegant 

 design, with an appropriate inscription. 



