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THE ASCOT CUP, 1840. 



"which was won by 



Mr R. Pettit's St Francis, by St Patrick, 5 yrs old. — Chifney 1 



Duke of Grafton's Montreal, by Lang'ar, 4 yrs old. — J. Day 2 



Mr W. Ridsdale's Bloomsbury, by Mulatto, 4 yrs old. — Templeman 3 



Mr W. S. Stanley's Flambeau, by Taurus, 4 yrs old. — Robinson 4 



Mr Thornhill's Euclid, by Emilius, 4 yrs old. — Conolly - 



Mr Isaac Day's Caravan, by Camel, 6 yrs old. — J. Day, jun — 



Sir G. Heathcote's Valentissimo, by Velocipede, ag^ed. — Chappie — 



Bftting-: 5 to 2 agst St Francis (taken), 7 to 2 ag-st Bloomsbury, 6 to 1 ag-st Montreal 



(taken), 6 to 1 ag-st Euclid, 8 to 1 agst Caravan, 9 to 1 ag'st Flambeau, and 12 to 1 ag-st 



Valentissimo. 



At starting Bloomsbury, overpowering his jock, ran away 

 with the lead at a great pace, Montreal second, Euclid third, 

 Valentissimo fourth, Caravan and Flambeau fifth and sixth, 

 and St Francis last, two or three lengths separating the 

 last three from the others, between whom there was 

 respectively a space of at least a length and a half. After 

 running half a mile, Euclid fell back. Flambeau, Caravan, 

 and Valentissimo took his place, Bloomsbury still two or 

 three lengths in advance, and making much stronger 

 running than was consonant either with Templeman's orders 

 or his inclination. No further change took place till they 

 were near the last turn, when St Francis passed Caravan, 



