350 TJIr: ilACINd ;^KASON, lti47. 



iieid of eight, Van Tromp won it tor his noble owner in 

 good style. Yardley beat a very large field for the Great 

 Yorkshire Handicap by a neck. Ellerdale won the Park 

 Hill Stakes. As for the Cup, The Hero had frightened 

 every thing out of it except War Eagle, who, at 7st. 7lb., 

 ran a match for it with The Hero, at 9st. 51 b. Is it sur- 

 prising that War Eagle should have won ? 



We now come to the Newmarket October Meetings. The 

 First was a great improvement on its predecessors ; the lists 

 furnishing substantial sport, and the racing good. Mr 

 Moore's Blaze won the Hopeful, Red Hart beat Conyng- 

 ham and two others for the Grand Duke Michael, won cle- 

 verly by a head. The Rutland Stakes went to his Grace 

 of Rutland, won by a colt named St Antonio di Padua- 

 There were seven races on the last day ; things are therefore 

 looking up at Newmarket. The Second October set in with 

 promise of an abundant crop. The Cesarewitch brought 

 thirty to the post, Caurouch, an Irish horse, made all the 

 running and won by a length. Sotterley won the Bedford 

 Stakes, and The Cur the Oatlands. The Clearwell was re- 

 duced to a match, which Glendower won cleverly, beating 

 Blaze by half a length. Paladin won the 50 sovs. Sweep- 

 stakes for two year olds, and Distaffina the Bretby. Load- 

 stone cantered in a winner of the Prendergast. The selling 

 stakes filled well, and some of the rubbish disposed of. 

 The Houghton was brimful of sport. Loadstone, with 6lbs. 

 extra, won the Criterion cleverly. The Cambridgeshire 

 brought out the largest field ever seen on a Newmarket 

 course, thirty-seven started ; it was a mere scramble who 

 should be first, and about the worst had it, viz. The Widow. 

 A long string of two year olds started for the Nursery, wiiich 

 Miss Taft, carrying 8st., won by a length from Blaze, 9st. 

 21b Lots of matches and plenty of racing closed a season 

 unprecedented in its amount of sport. 



