23G THE ST LEGEIl, 1840. 



Gen. Yates's b. c. Gibraltar, by Miiley ; Mr Mostyn's br. c. Trustee, by Sir Gray, or 

 Birdcatcher, out of Georg-iana, by Welbeek; Mr Osbaldeston's ch. f. The Mountain 

 Syljjli, by Belsbazzar; Mr Meiklam's b. c. Broadwath, by Liverpool; Colonel Syng-e's 

 b. c. Polydorus, by Priam ; Mr St Paul's b. f. Calypso, by Livei-pool ; Lord Eg-linton's 

 b. c. Dr Caius, by Physician ; Lord Eg'linton's br. c. The Young-Un, by Satan ; and Mr 

 Critchley's bl. c. Dunstan, by St Nicholas ; also started, but were not placed. 



7 to 4 ag-st Launcelot, 5 to 2 agst Gibraltar, 4 to 1 agst Maroon, 7 to 1 agst Calypso, 

 16 to 1 agst Trustee, and 30 to 1 ag-st Broadwath, 



The lot came well away together. Maroon quickly coming 

 to the front, and without making great running, keeping the 

 lead over the first road, and up the hill. When they came 

 in sight again at the fall of the hill, Launcelot, hard held, 

 was leading, with Maroon a couple of lengths behind him, 

 Calypso third, Mountain Sylph and Gibraltar next to her; 

 and all the others in a cluster, with the exception of Poly- 

 dorus, who was already out of the race. In this way they 

 made the Red House turn, where Gibraltar took the third 

 place. From the turn home, the race was entirely between 

 the second and third. As they crossed the second road, 

 Nat brought up Gibraltar, and challenged Maroon, who, 

 still full of running, immediately closed up to Launcelot's 

 quarter. It now became a strange race. Launcelot had 

 broken down, and the difficulty with Scott was to land 

 Launcelot a winner, and still keep Maroon second, for the 

 benefit of the cool hundred. Launcelot's game carried them 

 well through, and Gibraltar was beaten for the second place 

 by a neck. It was a very slow run race, the best time 

 making it above three minutes and forty seconds. Our own 

 opinion is, that if Launcelot had been out of the race, Gib- 

 raltar would have "entered an appearance" amongst the 

 Cracks of the Day. 



Launcelot closed his career on the Turf at Goodwood, in 

 1841, where he broke down in running for a Sweepstakes of 

 300 sovs. each, h. ft, for four year olds ; won by Colonel 

 Anson's Black Bess, beating Black Beck and Capote. 



Launcelot's name subsequently appeared in the List of 

 Stallions for 1842. 



