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Stakes. Here the fielders put on the pot at 5 to 4 against 

 him, and it boiled over. The grand event of the Meeting 

 was doomed to follow the Newcastle one, for Aristotle won 

 the Tradesmen's Plate very nicely by a length. It may 

 be said that the " Philosopher" got well into the Handicap, 

 yet there were scores in better, according to public opinion, 

 at the time the weights were advertised. Napier told us, 

 in spite of his queer wider standing, that he inherited some 

 of his family speed — he won the St Leger ridiculously easy, 

 and became a leading favourite for the Doncaster race; 

 nevertheless, a few of the select never hesitated firing a 

 shot at him, when an opportunity afforded them a mark. 



What shall we say about the splendour of the princely 

 Goodwood Meeting ? Alas ! we are unable to do even 

 moderate justice to the beauties and delights which were 

 most rapturously enjoyed by the thousands of happy faces 

 that congregated in the noble Duke of Richmond's park at 

 the Goodwood Meeting of 1 843 ! The race for the Lavant 

 foretold that John Day was strong in two year olds ; yet 

 the Wadastra colt has since been beaten shamefully. The 

 Drawing Room Stakes ended in a " dead heat" between 

 Maria and Parthian. The field was bad with perhaps one 

 exception, and that exception, Greatheart, who broke down 

 in running. It was a stable race for the great 300 sovs. 

 each, for Envoy never was right all the season. No one 

 was hardy enough to expect to see Cotherstone beaten for 

 the Gratwicke, and, consequently, none but a scanty few of 

 the fieldsmen were disappointed. The Ham Stakes laid 

 between Orlando and the Monimia filly, and ended just the 

 reverse of Ascot, inasmuch as Orlando won cleverly. John 

 Day's Ugly Buck ran off with the Molecomb Stakes, and 

 became first favourite for the Derby, for which race he had 

 been before backed to win a very large sum. The Goodwood 

 Stakes were won by a filly, made as perfect in condition as 



