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Gangarine came in first the third heat ; but a 

 cross having been proved against him, it was given 

 to Mr. Merry man, who ran second ; and as Gan- 

 garine had won the second heat and was subse- 

 quently disqualified, that heat was considered null 

 and void; but according to the twelfth rule no 

 other horses but Mr. Merryman and Slyfellow 

 were qualified to start for a fourth heat ; and Mis- 

 chief illegally won the plate. 



15. — Tivo Horses Bunning Five Miles and a-Half 

 instead of Four Miles, hy Mistake. 



Ayr Kaces, 1813. — A Plate of 50Z. for all ages. 

 Four-mile heats. 



Marquis of Queensberry's Llewellyn 2 11 

 Sir W. MaxwelFs Tam-o'-Shanter ..122 



By mistake these horses went round the course 

 once oftener than was necessary, the first heat 

 making a distance of about five miles and a-quarter, 

 at the end of which Llewellyn was first ; but Tam- 

 o'-Shanter having the lead at the end of four 

 miles, the heat was adjudged to him. 



16. — Match Starting at the Wrong Post. 



At Lewes Eaces, 1805, Sancho and Bobtail, by 

 mistake, started at the wrong post, and ran about 



