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. a good and game animal, yet deficient in a very requisite 



I material for a race of that description, viz. speed. The 



j, " gallant Grey's" two races at Goodwood, while it proved 



the correctness of the Derby running, did not make him a 



shade better in his admirers' estimation for the St Leger; 



I but the Ascot Cup proved the superiority of the three year 



I olds over the four year olds of this year, the Grey beating 



' the cracks of the North and the South, Epirus and Caravan. 



Such were the principal competitors for the Doncaster St 



Leger, 1838, which eventually produced the following ^re«^ 



field of seven — namely — 



Lord Cliesterfield's Don John. — Scott 



Colonel Peel's Ion. — Pa vis 



Mr Combe's Cobliam — Robinson 



Mr Pcirkins's Llanereost. — H, EJ-wards 



Mr Thornhill's Saintfoin.— Conolly 



Duke of Cleveland's Alzira. — J. Day 



Mr Fairlie's The Hydra — Chappie. 

 The last betting- was 7 to 4 ag-st Don John, 9 to 4 ag-st Ion, 4 to 1 ag-st Llanereost, 10 

 to 1 ag-st Saintfoin (takers), 14 to 1 ag-st Cobham, 25 to 1 ag-st Alzira (t.), and 35 to 1 

 ag-st The Hydra. 



The race, as far as it concerned the winner, may be de- 

 scribed in a few lines. — Don John, after the first dozen 

 strides, took a lead of three lengths, made all the running 

 at a killing pace, defeated his horses in handsome style be- 

 fore they reached the Red-house, was never caught and 

 won by five or six lengths ! The only variety in the rare 

 was supplied by those who were playing the subordinate 

 parts behind him. Ion and Alzira alternated the honour of 

 being second till they dropt the hill, where Alzira went past 

 the Newmarketer, and kept his berth to the Red-house, 

 where, finding how useless it was to attempt to reach the 

 Don, he quietly fell astern. Ion immediately after essayed 

 his strength, and got near enough to take the measure of the 

 Don's tail. Having done this, and at the same time ascer- 

 tained that it would be inexpedient to pursue the inquiry, 

 he dropt off', contenting himself with securing the " cool 



