loO THE RACIiVG SEASON, 1837. 



At Newcastle, Slashing Harry and Aljraham Newland, 

 kept their numerous friends in countenance by winning 

 cleverly ; while the partisans of Henriade and the Albany 

 colt exhibited strong symptoms of uneasiness, from which, 

 however, they partially recovered before the eventful 

 Tuesday in the Doncaster week. Bee's-wing won the Cup 

 in a canter, and his Grace of Leeds carried off, much to 

 the joy of a numerous and respectable company, the Tyro 

 S akes with that promising filly, Barbarina, against rather 

 a largish field. 



At Bath, Cheltenham, and Winchester, the Newmarket 

 horse Slane, met but slow followers for tolerably rich Stakes, 

 and, as a matter of course, won as he pleased. Volunteer 

 made his debut at the Bibury Club Meeting, by winning 

 in a canter, and immediately followed up his good fortune 

 by winning easily the Two-Year Old Stakes at Stockbridge 

 and Winchester. 



r The Goodwood races were decidedly the "lion" of the 

 year ; in short every thing appears to be combined at this 

 delightful place to make sport and please the visitors. The 

 noble duke, aided by one of the most influential members 

 of the Jockey Club, made a splendid " bill of fare," and 

 by judicious management one day was equal to another 

 in point of interesting and speculative races. The new 

 proviso of allowances, if not placed, did not, however, seem 

 to have the desired effect, and caused some dissatisfaction 

 in more quarters than one. Colonel Peel acted in a very 

 fair and open manner by declaring that Slane only started 

 for the Cup to get the allowance. That Slane would have 

 been very near winning the Cup, if he had been sufficiently 

 prepared, was the opinion of many good judges; — he won 

 the Shield in a canter. Grey Momus won his races in good 

 style, and was backed at 12 to 1 for the Derby, 1838. 

 A duller Doncaster week than the one of 1837, has seldom 



