TIIIC llAOrNG SEASON, 1845. 319 



THE EACING SEASON, 1845. 



The Racing Season 1845 commenced under very unfavour- 

 able circumstances from the inclemency of the weather, 

 snow and a hard frost preventing the horses from being pro- 

 perly trained for any of the early meetings. 



Coventry, Warwick, Northampton, Liverpool, and Crox- 

 ton Park, all felt the benumbing influence of the weather. 

 The only object worthy of remembrance being the success 

 of Lord G. Bentinck's old horse Discord in the Great 

 Northamptonshire Stakes at Northampton, and the Granby 

 Handicap at Croxton Park. 



The Newmarket Craven Meeting was much below par. 

 Winchelsea made himself famous by cantering off" with the 

 Monday's and Tuesday's Riddlesworths, and with the Co- 

 lumn on the Wednesday, yet gaining no higher point in the 

 Derby than 33 to 1. The Newmarket Handicap was won 

 easily by Vol-au-Vent. The Cure secured the Claret Stakes, 

 beating Antler in a canter. And Red Deer maintained his 

 sway by carrying ofl" the Port, which with some good 

 matches closed the meeting. 



At Bath Sweetmeat snatched the Somersetsh're Stakes 

 from a large field ; and Miss Elis made an unsuccessful 

 attempt on the Dyrham Park Stakes, which were won by 

 Worthless. Princess Alice won cleverly the Weston Stakes 

 for two year olds. The Epsom Spring produced nothing 

 worthy of chronicling. 



In the Newmarket Second Spring, the Derby favourite 

 Idas raised himself to the topmost pinnacle by the style in 

 which he won the 2,000 Gs. Stakes, beating Worthless and 



