Royal Ascot "^ 



He was introduced by the Earl of Lichfield and the 

 Oueen presented him with a ten-pound note. Bell, asked 

 by the Oueen what was his weight, caused much amuse- 

 mem by~replying, " Please, ma'am, master says as how 

 I must never tell my weight." 



An interesting point was raised over the race for the 

 Ascot Derby Stakes. The qualification of Mr. W. R.dsdale s 

 Bloomsbury was objected to, and the stakes withheld until 

 the Stewards should have investigated the matter. On the 

 following day the same horse came in first for a sweep- 

 stakes of 200 sovereigns, the same objection showmg. 

 The Stewards being unable to decide, the matter was 

 moved into a court of law, and came on for hearmg at the 

 Liverpool Assizes on August 22nd, when a verdict was 

 given for Mr. Ridsdale. 



There would seem to have been a busy time for the 

 Stewards at this particular meeting. In the first place, 

 besides the above incident, a race for a sweepstalces of 30 

 sovereigns each had to be run again. Although the horses 

 started fairly, and ran the course through, it was discovered 

 that they had started from the wrong post, thus necessi- 

 tating the race being contested again, with the result that 

 Defendant, who came in first in the false race, was second 

 to Lord Lynedoch's br. c. Jeffy, in the final. Jeffy, m 

 the first race, came in third. 



Again, in the Windsor Castle Stakes of too sovereigns, 

 it was hard luck on Lord Lichfield that his horse was 

 disqualified after coming in an easy first, but the con- 

 ditions of the race were "Winner of Derby, O^^^^' ^^ 

 Two Thousand Guineas, 5 lb. e.^:tra." and as Corsair had 

 taken the Two Thousand Guineas and had not earned 



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