THE RACING SEASON, IdO'j. l-l 



Locomotive won the Two-year-old Stakes so cleverly, 

 beating-, amongst others, Lord Wilton's Bequest filly, as to 

 be a good deal fancied for the next Leger. The result of 

 the race for the Doncaster Cup, showed that the Leger of 

 1834 was not altogether incorrect, Touchstone, The General, 

 and Shilelagh keeping their former places with the utmost 

 accuracy. The pace, the distance, the horses he met, and 

 the severe race he had run for the Leger, all tended to prove 

 great superiority in Hornsea. Up to the last day every 

 thing had gone off to admiration at Doncaster, but on this 

 day a trifling "accident" occurred, not particularly pleasant 

 to those knowing ones who had bet their 10 to 1 on The 

 Queen, who was looking like a winner near the stand, 

 where a bulldog flew at her, and Ainderby just contrived 

 to pass her by less than half a length. 



Touchstone met with a defeat at the Holywell Meeting, 

 Mr Mostyn having (even for him) the extraordinary luck 

 to beat him with Usury. The mare won by less than a 

 head, and Lord Westminster's party gave it out that 

 Touchstone was not right. The Queen walked over for 

 two races, and Mr Mostyn thus made a very agreeable 

 finale to his racing campaign of the season, winning and 

 w^alking over five times. Marmalade, a sister to Preserve, 

 won her race at the Newmarket Second October Meeting 

 very cleverly, beating some promising young ones, which, 

 connected with the very successful running of Preserve 

 last year, brought her into favour for the Oaks. Mr Gre- 

 ville was so elated by his success as to start her the same 

 day for the Clear well, when she was beaten by Elis, but 

 only by a length. She was again defeated on the Friday, 

 as also w^as Elis, by a colt of the Duke of Grafton's called 

 Alunums. But Elis amply regained his " lost honours" at 

 the Houghton Meeting, by winning the Criterion, which 

 closed the principal events of the Racing Season 1835. 



