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or three weeks immediately preceding the day, repeated 

 fluctuations took place in the betting. 



At the start the odds were 6 to 4 agst Scrog-g-ins (t.), 7 to 2 agst Elis (t.), 8 to 1 ag-at 

 Trapball (t.), 10 to 1 agst Redshank, 12 to 1 ag-st Wedg-e, 15 to 1 ag-st Bee's-wing' (t.), 

 20 to 1 agst Black Diamond, 25 to 1 ag-st Vulture, and 25 to 1 ag'st Snyders. 



After two or three failures, the horses went away in good 

 order, Carew taking up the work as soon as the jockies had 

 selected their places ; lying- forward with Black Diamond 

 and Wedge, next them Redshank and Bee's-wing, the fa- 

 vourites, with Trapball bringing up the rear till a few yards 

 before they reached the Red-house. Here John Day made 

 a bit of a rush, obtained a lead of nearly a length, and, 

 whatever may be said to the contriiry, the race was over 

 then. It is true that Scroggliis and Bee's-wing came out 

 at the same time, but it was only to run a neck and neck 

 race for second — the Judge gave it to Scrog^ins, and the 

 public to Bee's-wing, but both ugreed that Elis won very 

 easy by a couple of lengths ; Snyders and The Bard were 

 next to them, and the others in a crowd behind, excepting 

 a ragged lot of four, viz. — Carew, Black Diamond, Vulture, 

 and Trapball. The conduct of the Judge, in not placing 

 Bee's-wing, was very strongly animadverted upon in some 

 quarters. 



On the Tuesday in the Newmarket First October Meeting, 

 Elis was beaten by Bay Middleton for the Grand Duke 

 Michael Stakes, in a race which we have already described 

 (p. 126), and on the Thursday in the Houghton Meeting he 

 ended the season 183o, in a very interesting Handicap of 

 200 sovs. each, A.F., carrying 8st. 71b. and John Day; 

 against Col. Peel's Mr Wags, 7st. 131b. and Pavis ; and 

 Lord Exeter's Muezzin, 7st. 91b. and ConoUy. At the first 

 as little as 5 to 4 was taken between Elis and the field, the 

 former being the favourite — it then rose to 7 to 4 on him, 

 and lastly to 5 to 2, which was taken freely. Mr Wags 

 took the leail, but did not go anything like a pace till hf^ 



