132 Till". DONCASTH': ST LILGER, 1836. 



Stakes Course, six sul^s., beating The Drummer, 8st. 7lb., 

 and Tagiioui, 8st. 41b. Ten to 1 on Elis. 



From Goodwood, Elis went to Lewes, where, with 8st. 

 31b., and John Day upon his back, he won the Lewes Stakes, 

 of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., and only 5 if declared, with 100 

 added, one mile and a half.— Forty -four subs., twenty-four 

 of whom paid only 5 sovs. each, beating Hock by Chateau 

 Margaux, 3 yrs, old, 6st. lOlb., and Olympic by Reveller, 

 5 yrs, old, 8st. lib. Mr Theobald's Rockingham, 6 yrs, old, 

 9st. 1 lib. ; and five others also started, but were not placed. 

 The Doncaster St Leger now approached, the race which 

 was to make Elis's chief fame. Up to three weeks before 

 the time, the most profound mystery was observed as to 

 whether Elis would go Northward, or not, insomuch that 

 no one would take the odds ( 1 2 to 1 ) excepting as a lottery 

 ticket, which turned up "prize" to some, and "blank" or 

 ivorse, to others. People, however, began to press the noble 

 owner of Elis, to declare whether the horse was "to go" 

 — or not. — So that he, at last, and so late, that it seemed 

 impossible for the horse to travel there, and win the Leger 

 too, declared that if " some people " were so anxious to see 

 the horse at Doncaster, he should go there, — but on one 

 condition only — namely, that the odds to one thousand 

 pounds should be laid against him at 12 to 1. A very 

 busy member of the Betting Ring, who stood his money 

 chiefly on the horse's going, immediately set to Avork to 

 collect " subscriptions" from those whose interests were 

 allied to his own ; and in about half an hour, the money 

 was subscribed, and the horse declared to go in a carriage 

 and four. A little catastrophe remains behind. The hst 

 of subscribers was given in, but many proved more ready 

 with their names than with their cash, and to this hour (we 

 believe) a good part of the "Elis subscription" remains 

 unpaid. 



