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cess crowned their spirited endeavours. The great race of 

 the Meeting was for the Tradesmen's Cup, which is now on 

 the sideboard of the Marquis of Westminster, his horse, 

 Sleight-of-Hand, having won the prize cleverly, at a fair 

 weight. Charles the Twelfth ran well up, but the weight 

 carried by the monarch forced him to keep moderate company. 

 A god-send to the betters round occurred at this meeting 

 in the bettings for the Cup race. Broad wath, a horse as far 

 as public running had shown, of but moderate pretensions, 

 was talked up to be an Eclipse, and Mr Meiklam was talked 

 into giving, as report said, 2000 gs. for the rankest impostor 

 in the known world. The flyer never could reach the front 

 rank, and was decidedly the first beaten horse in the race! 

 So much for private trials ! ! The Squire, a two-year-old 

 from Heselt ne's stable, won his race cleverly ; as did Dr 

 Caius the St Leger, beating The Shah (five pounds extra) 

 and several others. This caused the Doctor to be introduced 

 into the Leger betting at 20 to 1. Maroon's race with 

 Charles the Twelfth, at weight for age, although he did not 

 win, got him several admirers for the Doncaster race — 16 

 to 1 being eagerly taken by one or two excellent judges. 



Goodwood, the princely and fascinating Goodwood, shone 

 pre-eminently grand this year. The beauty and fashion 

 congregated in the magnificent Stand, far, very far, surpassed 

 any thing of the kind we have ever before beheld. Wardan 

 won the Drawing Room and Racing Stakes easily, and 

 Harpoon swept away the two principal Two-year-old Stakes 

 from decent fields. The Goodwood Stakes were won by 

 Orelia, a bad filly, four years old, turned loose, or, in other 

 words, having only 6st. 91b. to carry, while Hetman PlatoflT 

 bore uj) with 9st. 71b. (only forty pounds difterence!) and 

 both tlie same age. Can such things produce a diflferent 

 result! The Go)/; Cup was won by Robinson, v;ho rode 

 Beggarman, a horse known at Newmarket two years ago as 



