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could not afterwards weigh with it, and it plainly appeared 

 that the jockey did not draw his proper weight. The 

 rider of Merry Hart had been previously weighed and 

 passed by the Clerk of the Scales, and the Stewards were 

 on the point of giving the race in his favour, when the rider 

 of Summerside (who finished third), was weighed and he 

 also was found short of weight. On this the Stewards 

 directed the scales to be examined, when it was found 

 that they were not correct, and that some lead had been 

 fastened on the bottom of the weight scale. When this 

 was removed, and the scales adjusted, the Stewards felt 

 satisfied that the rider of Catch' em Alive would have 

 drawn his proper weight if the scales had been adjusted 

 before he was weighed, and the Clerk of the Scales, on 

 being questioned, having assured them that he had no 

 doubt on the subject, the Stewards declared that Catch 'em 

 Alive was the winner of the race. A reward of ;^5o 

 was afterwards offered by the Jockey Club for such 

 information as should lead to the discovery of the person 

 or persons who had fastened the lead to the scales. 



The reward was never claimed, but it is 

 said that many years afterwards the son of an 

 employee of the Jockey Club confessed on his 

 deathbed that he was the guilty party, and that 

 he was in league with some men in the betting 

 ring, who had planned to take advantage of the 

 fraud that was attempted. 



Aurelian, by Stockwell out of Zenobia, was 

 another pretty good horse I found at Brigg. I 

 happened to see him in a blacksmith's shop 

 when he was a yearling, having his feet pared. 



