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year olds came out for the Mersey Stakes, won by Pantasa 

 by half a length, Bretwalda second. Trueboy showed in 

 good form at this meeting, winning the Croxteth Stakes with 

 the greatest ease, and running a good third for the Trades- 

 men's Cup, which was carried off by The Era, who has 

 wonderfully improved on his three year old running. Her 

 Majesty's Plate was won by Aristotle, Prizefighter and one 

 or two others started to obtain the allowances in the Good- 

 wood cup, much good did it do them. The St Leger pro- 

 duced an animated race, Ithuriel and Red Deer beinof first 

 and second, the ethers nowhere. 



The Goodwood Meeting still retains its station as being 

 the meeting of the year, the attendance of the nobility and 

 fashionables being fully equal to that of former years, and 

 the care and trouble taken to procure sport met with their 

 well merited reward. The 300 sovs. Sweepstakes was won 

 by Aristides ; Cotherstone broke down in this race. The 

 Ham Stakes brought out a miserable lot of two year olds, 

 won easily by Refraction, who was as easily beaten in the 

 Lavant Stakes by The Maid of Orleans, Plaudit being se- 

 cond. In the Gratwicke Stakes, won by Ithuriel, Antler 

 second. Red Deer and four others took a wrong turn, and 

 ran the Drawing Room course. The Goodwood Club Stakes 

 produced a dead heat between Queen Mab and Quebec, the 

 others beaten off. The deciding heat was won by Queen 

 Mab in a canter. The race for the Drawing Room Stakes 

 was exceedingly interesting, being a neck and neck affair 

 between Croton Oil and Joe Lovell, the others well up ; 

 Croton Oil came in first at the finish. The Stewards' Cup 

 produced another animated race, Sir Abstrupus coming in 

 first, by a head, African second. The Goodwood Stakes 

 were won by Franchise, beating a large field. The Mole- 

 comb brought another defeat to Refraction, Nutbourne win- 

 ning by a head. The Goodwood Cup was a hollow affair, 



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