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second attempt. lago secured the Racing Stakes. The 

 Cup went to Grimston ; and Planet won the Molecomb 

 easily. Besides these there was abundance of sport under 

 a scorching sun. 



York August Meeting is rapidly rising in importance and 

 popularity. The Prince of Wales's Stakes brought out a 

 field of twenty-one young-'uns, won cleverly by Slander. 

 The Great Ebor Handicap, for which seventeen started, was 

 won by Arthur, not even mentioned in the betting. But 

 the race that excited the greatest interest, from the effect its 

 result would have upon the Leger, was the Great Yorkshire 

 Stakes ; lago was the favourite at evens against the field ; 

 after a most severe and animated neck and neck affair, he 

 was beaten by a head by Poynton, thirteen started. 



The Warwick Meeting was a decided improvement on its 

 predecessor. Lord Brook obtained the Leamington Stakes 

 by means of Gwalior. The Cup afforded a splendid race 

 between Wolfdog and the winner of the Goodwood Stakes, 

 in which the former gained the victory. 



At Doncaster there was a mighty popular gathering, but 

 not so aristocratic as was its wont. The Champagne brought 

 out Van Tromp and Planet as competitors, the latter being 

 beaten on two points — pace and lasting : Van Tromp, as a 

 consequence of his victory, went up in the Derby betting. 

 The St Leger, more than any of its predecessors, was enve- 

 loped in doubt and obscurity ; the equality in point of merit 

 of the various horses, rendered it an exceedingly precarious 

 betting race. Sir Tatton Sykes obtained the victory by his 

 superior freshness. Foreclosure won the Two-year-old 

 Stakes, beating Slander among others; Van Tromp did not 

 start, lago won the Three-year-old Stakes ; and The Hero 

 ran away with the Cup just as he pleased. 



The Newmarket October Meeting's furnished an amount 

 of sport far superior to that of any j)revious year. The First 



