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was taken home and found to have received a compound 

 fracture of the collar bone. To return, however, to the 

 race ; Blakey Topping-, as the representative of Mahometan, 

 and Dardanelles, as plenipo. for that high-bred Trojan, 

 Troilus, opened the proceedings at a slow pace, Blakey 

 being the first to begin. Dardanelles, however, thought a 

 little more speed desirable ; mended it considerably at the 

 foot of the hill ; and took the lead ; a knot behind them, 

 consisting of The Doctor, Mango, Epirus (till his fall), and 

 Cardinal Puff; the others lying up in a ruck, and so closely 

 packed that a moderate sized Macintosh would have made 

 them all water-proof. Nothing occurred worthy of notice 

 till they neared the white rails, where Egeria, and The 

 Prime Warden were left in the rear. At the distance, the 

 front rank was composed of Cardinal Puff, who had a 

 slight lead, Dardanelles, The Doctor (looking like a win- 

 ner), Abraham Newland, and Troilus. Here a greyhound 

 ran under Dardanelles and broke his stride, luckily without 

 any accident ; but Henriade following immediately behind, 

 was thrown, cut his knees, bruised his back, and nearly 

 unseated " honest John." The Doctor, Abraham Newland, 

 and Puff went on with the running till close to the stand, 

 Mango lurching at their heels. Here the Cardinal had 

 expended all his " puff," and tlic other two opening, young 

 Sam Day slipped in betwixt them, gave his nag one rat- 

 tling cut with the whip, had them " all right" in three 

 strides, and landed him a clever winner by a length. A 

 good race for the second, between The Doctor and Abraham 

 Newland, was awarded to the latter. Dardanelles was a 

 respectable fourth, and was followed pretty closely by the 

 Cardinal, Troilus, and Slashing Harry. The others were 

 not up. 



In the First October Meeting, at Newmarket, 1837, on 

 Wednesday, 4th October, Mango, as the winner of the 



