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naturally decided that Favourite ought to have been 

 declared the winner ; for, if a jockey chooses to attempt 

 to get through on the inside, he has only himself to 

 thank if the other riders refuse to pull out for him. 

 The stewards of the Calcutta Turf Club and Indian 

 Sporting Press had previously arisen as one man and 

 denounced Hackney for his supposed foul riding. How 

 very silly they must have felt afterwards ! As regards 

 Miss Trelawny's claim. Lord Ulick Browne, who is 

 justly regarded as our Indian Admiral Rous, although 

 he was wrong about the " nursing," still he clearly 

 demonstrated that had the three placed horses been 

 rightly disqualified, the English mare ought to have got 

 the cup, by citing the case of the Claret Stakes at New- 

 market in 1 83 1, which was as follows : — By the terms of 

 the race the second horse was to save his stake. When 

 the race came off, only two horses were placed, while 

 none of the remaining four obtained a " situation." The 

 first horse was disqualified for a cross, and the second 

 declared the winner. The question then was mooted, 

 what horse's stake was to be saved ? The stewards of 

 the Jockey Club decided that the disputed stake should 

 be divided among the owners of all the unplaced horses. 

 This decision clearly defines the position of unplaced 



