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o*-Day Boy, 4 yrs old, 7st., was the winner, beating War 

 Eagle, 4 yrs old, 8st. 61b., by a length, Inheritress, aged, 

 8st. 61b., among the not placed. The Dee Stakes was a 

 well contested race, Flatcatcher winning by a head, Shylock 

 second. Previous to this race Lord Caledon sold Shylock 

 to Mr Green for three thousand guineas ! Inheritress won 

 the Cheshire Stakes by half a length, and Romance the 

 Grand Stand Plate, beating Athelstane by half a neck. 



The Newmarket Second Spring Meeting was one of the 

 best the metropolis of the Turf has witnessed. A 10 sovs. 

 Handicap, for which thirteen started, ended in a dead heat 

 between three — Liston, Festus, and Isis, who came in as we 

 have written them for the deciding heat. The Rov^ley Mile 

 Plate went to Telegraph by a length. Walmgate-Bar- 

 Without carried off the Suffolk Stakes, and likewise a Han- 

 dicap Plate. Dover won the Champion by a length, and 

 Bowstring, after a spirited race, a 10 sovs. Sweepstakes by 

 a head. 



At Bath Lady Lift won the Lansdown Stakes, and Hot- 

 spur the Weston by a length from a sorry lot of two year 

 olds. The Somersetshire Handicap went to Mr S. L. Fox, 

 Executor winning by a length. Regicide obtained the 

 Dyrham Park and Hope the 50 sovs. Produce Stakes easily 

 by a length. 



Epsom Meeting was attended by its usual crowds. The 

 new mile-and-a-half course, for which the Turf are indebted 

 to the spirit and liberality of the late Lord George Bentinck, 

 was this year used for the first time for the great three year 

 old races. The interest of the meeting as usual was cen- 

 tered in the two great races. The Cur won the Craven 

 easily, and Glauca the Woodcote by two lengths. The 

 Derby was a splendid race, Surplice winning by a neck. 

 Cymba ran a true and honest race for the Oaks, which she 

 obtained by a length. Tern pieman is a fortunate jockey, 



