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The folloMing seventeen nags came to the post for the 

 Great St Leger Stakes, 1842. 



Lord Eg-lin ton's b. f. Blue Bonnet, by Touchstone, out of Maid of Melrose .T. Lye 



General Yates's br. c. Seahorse, by Camel, out of Seabreeze Chappie 



Mr Kitching-'s br. f. Priscilla Tomboy, by Tomboy, out of Catalina Oates 



Mr Ferguson's ch. c. FireaAvay, by Freney, out of Taglioni Jaqueu 



Mr Maher's c. Ballinkeele, by Birdcatcher, out of Perdita J. Robinson 



Mr Ramsay's ch. c. Cabrera, by Tomboy, out of Dirmid's dam Noble 



t'olonel Anson's b. c Attila, by Col wick, out of Progress W. Scott 



Mr Thompson's br. f. Pharmacopceia, by Physician, dam by Muley, out of Mus- 

 sulman's dam Flatman 



Mr Dixon's b. c. Policy, by Bustard, out of Lacerta ' J. Butler 



Mr Bell's b. c. Eboracum, by St Nicholas, out of Vermillion's dam. . .Heseltine 

 Mr G. Clarke's b. g-. Master Thomas, by Tomboy, out of Mamsel Otz . . Holmes 



Mr Combe's br. f. Rosalind, by Touchstone, out of Harmony Rogers 



Mr Meiklam's b. c. Cattonite, by Muley Moloch, out of Jubilee J. Day 



Mr S. Kiag's b, c. Aristotle, by Physician, out of Solace Templeman 



Mr Owsley's b. c. Happy-go-lucky, by Young Emilius, out of Catherina. Bradley 



Mr Price's b, f. Marian, by The Mule, out of Agnes Cartwright 



Lord Milltown's ch. c. Scalteen, by Philip the First, out of Brandy Bet. Calloway 



The closing odds were : — 11 to 8 agst Attila, 7 to 1 agst 

 Ballinkeele, 8 to 1 agst Blue Bonnet, 10 to 1 agst Cabrera, 

 12 to 1 agst Rosalind, 13 to 1 agst Eboracum, 14 to 1 agst 

 Fireaway, 15 to 1 agst Policy, 20 to 1 agst Seahorse, 25 

 to 1 agst Master Thomas, 25 to 1 agst Scalteen, 500 to 5 

 agst Cattonite (taken), 1000 to 10 agst Priscilla Tomboy 

 (taken), 1000 to 5 agst Happy-go-lucky (taken). 



The race may be described in very few words — Attila 

 took the lead at a pace by which he intended to cut down 

 all his adversaries, but by some mistake he was himself the 

 first to give way, when Eboracum forced the running. 

 Having dis[X)sed of Attila, Eboracum in turn gave way to 

 Cabrera, Fireaway, and Rosalind, Blue Bonnet being in their 

 rear; to these came up Priscilla Tomboy and Seahorse, 

 who had throughout laid too far out of his ground ; Cabrera 

 and Rosalind having declined, the race remained amongst 

 the others. Blue Bonnet passed each in succession, and 

 went in a clever winner by a length, — Seahorse beating 

 Tomboy by half a length for second place, and Fireaway 

 repeating his Goodwood exhibition of kicking oppo=;ite to 



