380 THE RACING SEASON, 1849. 



Vatican with the 200 sovs. Sweepstakes ; while Canezou 

 beat Westow into fits for the Doncaster Cup. 



The Newmarket First October Meeting was good. The 

 Hopeful brought out Bolingbroke, who beat Penang by a 

 head, the others beaten off, and immediately became first 

 favourite for the Derby. The Grand Duke Michael was 

 run as a match, Vatican giving Honeycomb a beating. 

 Catalan secured the Granby by a short head, Preslaw being 

 second. The Knight of Avenel won a Produce Stakes in 

 good form, beating Brother to Epirote and William the 

 Conqueror by half a length, the others no where ; and ob- 

 tained a good place in the Derby betting. Vatican made 

 sad havoc with Borneo, Tadmor, Hotspur, and some others 

 in a Produce Stakes. Sisyphus obtained the 100 sovs. 

 Sweepstakes, and Ghillie Galium the Rutland, each won 

 cleverly by a length. Some Matches excited considerable 

 attention, and tended to increase the sport of an exceedingly 

 interesting meeting. The Second October secured a full 

 meeting and abundance of sport of a good character. The 

 Cesarewitch has lost none of its interest, the strong field of 

 thirty-one started for it, won by Lord Stanley's Legerde- 

 main by a length, and on the following day she slipped a 

 filly foal by Ion. Clincher won the Clearwell by a length. 

 Nutshell obtained the Bedford, but ran second to Boling- 

 broke for the Prendergast; while Satire secured the Bretby 

 by a head. The Matches were generally well contested, 

 and that between Beehunter and Clincher was a thorough 

 neck and neck affair from beginning to end, and finally 

 terminated in a dead heat. The betting on this race was 

 very heavy, £25,000 being said to have depended on the 

 former. The Houghton Meeting was all that could be 

 desired ; plenty of sport with bright and beautiful weather; 

 the Heath was in consequence crowded. The Nigger ob- 

 tained the Criterion, with Pitsford second. The Cum- 



