Tllli UAChVO :SI;a.SON, l.'i48. .'^VJ 



THE KAOING SEASON, 1848. 



The Racing Season of 1848 was distinguished beyond all 

 precedent by the amount of patronage, popularity, material, 

 and money it received. All its great races were well filled, 

 and the acceptances for the great handicaps were very sa- 

 tisfactory. 



At Warwick Mr Green began well, by winning both the 

 two year old stakes with his colt Lammermoor. At North- 

 ampton, Lady Wildair won easily the Great Northampton- 

 shire Handicap. Farthingale here first showed her quality, 

 by cantering off with the 50 sovs. Produce Stakes : and 

 Sister to Arkwright won the Althorp Park by a head. Ep- 

 som Spring Meeting brought out Sponge as the winner, as 

 he pleased, of the Trial Stakes. The Great Metropolitan 

 Handicap furnished a very sporting race, won by Glen 

 Saddel by a head after a desperate struggle with Inheritress, 

 Remembrance and Jericho not half a length from the win- 

 ner. Here Farthingale suflfered defeat from Christiana for 

 the two year old stakes. 



The Newmarket Craven Meeting, from the excitement in 

 the political world, was but thinly attended ; the Chartists 

 keeping all in a ferment on the celebrated lOth of April. 

 The weather likewise was not of the most tempting order. 

 The Riddlesworths, formerly races of considerable attraction, 

 have completely lost their interest; Col. Peel's Lola Montez 

 walked over for the Monday's, and cantered over, beating 

 Franconi, for the Tuesday's. Lord Exeter secured the 

 Newmarket Handicap by St Demetri, who beat a good field 

 by a length. Ellerslie won the Column cleverly and Back- 



