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THE IIACIXG SEASON, HI8. 



the number, Charles the Twelfth. The other races, although 

 good, do not«require dwelling upon. 



The Bibury Club and Stockbridge Races produced an 

 average of sport. The former, being a private concern, we 

 pass over, by merely observing that the squabbling amongst 

 the members has ceased. At Stockbridge, the knowing 

 ones were somewhat taken in by the unexpected result of 

 the Great Produce Stakes worth £900. Those who judge 

 from public running, could hardly expect to find Sadler's 

 Decisive an easy winner from such horses as Gaper, New 

 Brighton, and Bramble ; yet she obtained an easy conquest. 

 We shall not allude to the other races, for they were only 

 of momentary interest. 



The July Newmarket Meeting was remarkable for the 

 two great races being decided in favour of Colonel Peel. 

 The gallant Colonel's Orlando won the " July" in a canter, 

 and Ionian did precisely the same thing with regard to the 

 " Chesterfield." The remainder of the running was as usual 

 poverty-stricken, and the company by no means numerous. 



Every thing Avent off most bloomingly at the Liverpool 

 July Meeting. The new rules and regulations producing 

 the desired effect. The stewards were Lords George Ben- 

 tinck and Stanley, and the Hon. E. M. L. Mostyn ; and it 

 would therefore be superfluous to speak of the excellence 

 of the arrangements. The rich 500 sovs. each Sweepstake^, 

 went into the coffers of Lord Stanley, entirely through 

 Aristides turning cur at the finish ; he had the race in hand 

 all the way, and had he been in the humour, might have 

 gone in by himself. Most of the Bay Middletons show 

 " softness." The Marquis of Westminster's Fanny Eden 

 won the Mersey Stakes without being called upon, beating 

 The Cure and seven or eight others. To show that Gaper 

 had not altogether gone off his running, he beat into fits 

 Arundo, and another colt, for the tempting Bickerstaffe 



