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Fanny Eden in the race tor the Champagne, but run an in- 

 different third to The Princess for the Old Two Year Old 

 Stakes on the Thursday, The Princess being nowhere in the 

 Champagne — such is the uncertainty of two year old running. 



No one will dispute that the St Leger was lost by misma- 

 nagement. The fact is well known that Mr Gully and others 

 immediately connected with Scott's arrangements, stood to 

 win a startling sum on Prizefighter, thinking him good enough 

 to win. If this horse had been out of the race, there is no 

 doubt that a new edition of the work published in 1800, 

 would have met the eye of the sporting gentlemen : there is 

 this consolation, however, that the stakes were won by a 

 gentleman almost unknown to the turf frequenters. The 

 Cup was carried off in an Eclipse-like style by Alice Haw- 

 thorn, who bids fair to become a second Bee's-wing. Lord 

 Glasgow was a large winner during the week, and we were 

 induced to hope that his lordship's wretched luck had turned. 



The October Meetings were well attended, and the sport 

 of a first rate quality. There was nothing of consequence 

 in the former Meeting to call for notice. In the Second, 

 Zenobia ran quite away from a respectable string in the 

 Clearwell, and, as if to give the lie, was beaten, for the 

 Prendergast, by Antler, who was nowhere in the Clearwell. 

 These are the things which benefit the legs. The race for 

 the Cesarewitch was a good one, and the general bill of the 

 week good. We must just mention the p. p. £1000 match 

 between Captain Cook and Chotornian, merely to observe 

 that one was a rank roarer, and the other a confirmed cripple. 



The Houghton week was a good one in every respect, and 

 Ratan's race established him in public opinion as the best 

 public runner of the day. The Cambridgeshire Stakes was 

 indeed a treat, eight or nine being together at the finish. 



And now adieu to the Racing Season 1843, with hopes 

 to " look upon its like again." 



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