98 Horse Baciii 



heats. Twelve hands carrying 6st. ; weight for 



inches. 



Mr. Walker's gr Arethusa, 6st. 121b. .2311 



LadyF.Eadcliffe'schcMonMie,6st.l21b. 3 1 3 2 



Lord Melbourne's gT m, 6st. 121b. . . 1 2 2dr 



Arethusa's rider havins; saved his distance the 

 second heat, dismounts between the distance-post 

 and the ending-post ; but re-mounts, rides past the 

 ending-post, and weighs as usual ; starts and wins 

 the third heat, and weighs without any objection 

 being made. Lord Melbourne's gr m being second 

 the third heat, he demands the stakes, not know- 

 ing till then that Arethusa's rider had dismounted, 

 and refuses to start for the fourth heat. 



The stewards of the Jockey Club decided that 

 no objection having been made to Arethusa's 

 starting for the third heat she was entitled to the 

 prize. 



46. — Two Horses Bunning for a Plate helonging to 

 the Same Owner. 



At Canterbury Kaces, 1829, for the lOOZ. given 

 by the noblemen and gentlemen, Mr. Pearce's 

 Guildford won the two first heats ; but Mr. Mat- 

 tam, the owner of Moor Buzzard, claimed the 

 plate, alleging that Guildford was disqualified, his 



