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opened with the defeat of Sir Tatton Sykes by lago for the 

 Grand Duke Michael Stakes. Sting won the St Leger in a 

 truly honest form. Of the two year olds no more need be 

 said than that Isis won the Hopeful and Slander the Rut- 

 land. In the Second, the first sensation was caused by the 

 announcement that Sir Tatton Sykes had been scratched 

 for the Cesarewitch, and the second, the winning of that 

 race by Wit's-end, a very middling nag. Glentilt won the 

 Clearwell in a most straggling field. The Houghton was 

 enveloped in a dense fog, the racing thereby aflbrding but 

 little interest to the spectators, who could not see many 

 yards before them. The Cambridgeshire was won by the 

 Prior of St Margaret's, with Sting heavily weighted for se- 

 cond. Coningsby beat Clementina, with 71b. extra on her, 

 with difficulty by a head for the Criterion. Planet won 

 the Glasgow Stakes cleverly, beating Mathematician, In- 

 goldsby a bad third. The other stakes afforded some in- 

 teresting racing, and closed a season of which we hope to 

 see its like again. 



