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him to many places which would otherwise, from the short- 

 ness of the time allowed, be totally out of his reach. The 

 caravan has travelled ninety-five miles in eleven hours and 

 thirty-five minutes, thus conveying a horse to his destination 

 ie less than a fourth of the time which would have been 

 required had he walked. As an instance of the value of 

 this ambulatory horse-box, the following may be mentioned : 

 — At the Second October Meeting, at Newmarket, last year, 

 Grey Momus not being exactly fit to start for the Pren- 

 dergast Stakes, an express was despatched on the Tuesday 

 to Stockbridge for D'Egville ; on the Thursday afternoon he 

 entered Newmarket in his caravan ; and on the next day he 

 started, " fresh as a leek," as Edwards said, and won his 

 race, thus paying his expences and leaving " a little over." 

 But to return to Elis and the St Leger, for which the fol- 

 lowing horses appeared at the post at the time fixed : — 



Lord Lichfield's ch. c. Elis, brother to Stockport. — J. Day 

 Mr W. Scott's b. c. Scrog-gins, brother to St Giles.— W. Scott 

 Mr Orde's b. f. Bee's-mng-, by Dr Syntax. — R. Johnson 

 Lord Westminster's b. e. Snyders, by Teniers. — Chappie 

 Mr Skipsey's br. c. The Bard, brother to The Saddler. — Heseltine 

 Mr S. Fox's b. c. The Carpenter, by Lottery. — S. Templemau 

 Colonel Westenra's br. c. Wedg-e, by Picton. — P. Obuolly 

 Mr T. Dawson's b. c. Locomotive, by Waverley. — J. Holmes 

 Mr Osbald<;ston's b. c. Ebberston, by Velocipede. — S. Rogers 

 Mr Bird's b. c. Redshank, by Sandbeck. — Nat 

 Mr Mostyn's br. c. Trapball, by Battledore. — J. Robinson 

 Mr Allanson's ch. f. Vulture, by Lang-ar. — S. Darling- 

 Lord Eg'linton's bl. c. The Black Diamond, by Jerry. — G. Nelson 

 Lord Chesterfield's br. c. by Tramp or Comus. — F. Edwards. 



It has been observed with great truth, that although nu- 

 merically inferior to some by-gone Legers, the one about to 

 be described has rarely been equalled in actual importance. 

 It boasted a brilliant field of first-rate public horses, and 

 was speculated on to an enormous amount in all parts of 

 the country. Moreover, it derived additional interest from 

 the uncertainty which so long prevailed with respect to 

 Elis, the novel mode adopted of sending him, and the man- 

 nei- in which he was brou^dit into the market. In the two 



