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THE BLOODSTONE CASE. 
Carissing ran with me, but I don’t know whether she hurt 
herself. 
Mr. Platt. — Did she gallop with you the day before 1 
Witness. — Y es. 
Mr Platt. — Did she beat you in your gallop the day before 1 
Witness. — Yes, by sufferance [ roars of laughter']. 
Mr. Platt. — Were many persons present when she beat you ] 
Witness. — Not many. 
Mr. Platt. — Enough, I suppose, to take the news home ? 
Witness. — Yes [laughter]. 
Lord Stradbroke. — I am one of the stewards of Ascot races, and 
was present when Bloodstone beat Old England. A complaint 
was made that Bloodstone was more than two years old, and the 
stewards sent for Mr. Field, veterinary surgeon, from London, and 
another gentleman named Parry from Reading. When Mr. Field 
examined the horse, he immediately pronounced him to be three 
years old, and gave a certificate to that effect. Mr. Parry gave a 
similar certificate. 
Mr. John Field. — I am a veterinary surgeon, and have been in 
practice twenty-four years. I examined Bloodstone at Ascot. He 
was a three-year-old horse. I have no doubt of the fact. I have 
seen the horse since, and there is nothing to alter my opinion. 
The jury here intimated that they were quite satisfied. 
Mr. Sergeant Channell intimated his desire to reply. 
Mr. Platt. — We have plenty of more evidence. 
Another veterinary surgeon was then examined, and he likewise 
expressed a positive opinion that Bloodstone was a three-year- old 
horse. 
The jury then said they were perfectly agreed upon finding for 
the defendant. 
Mr. Baron Parke. — I have seen, gentlemen, that you were of 
that opinion long ago, and I think that you could come to no other 
conclusion. 
Mr. Sergeant Channell then said, that after the opinion expressed 
by his Lordship, and what had fallen from the jury, he should not feel 
himself justified in proceeding farther with the case, but he claimed 
the privilege of making a few observations in justification of the 
plaintiff. He should have made some remarks with reference to 
