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had won. This was Voltigeur's third race, all 

 of which he has won, and it is remarkable 

 that Charles XII., the only other son of 

 Voltaire who ever gained the St. Leger, had 

 to run two heats for it. It is also worthy 

 of notice that at this moment Surplice, the 

 Flying Dutchman, and Voltigeur, the only 

 horses, bar the almost forgotten Champion, 

 who ever won the Derby and St. Leger, are 

 standing at the Turf Tavern, Doncaster. 

 This is the third time that Marson has won 

 the St. Leger, Nutwith and Van Tromp 

 having been his two previous winning 

 mounts." 



" The Druid " omits to mention in this 

 article that but for an accident which brought 

 John Scott, the famous Yorkshire trainer, 

 upon the scene, Voltigeur would never have 

 won the deciding heat. After the dead heat 

 Bob Hill, the trainer of Voltigeur, knew so 

 little of his business that he was about to 

 take his horse into a stable, to have him 

 rubbed down, to give him a feed of corn, and 

 to allow him to rest for a couple of hours 

 before pulling him out again to meet his for- 

 midable Irish antagonist, who was the better 



