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and Miss Badsley at 25 to 1. Won in a canter by two lengths, Lady Fly. 
beating Eleanor still further: two or three others, including Kate and Cor¬ 
set, were clustered behind Eleanor, but the others were tailed off some 
distance from home. The pace was good, although infinitely slower than for 
the Derby. 
ASCOT MEETING. 
Tuesday , June 19. 
The Oakland Stakes of 30 sovs. each. Two miles and a half, 
Mr. W. Chifney’s Rowton, 6 yrs. 9 st. 3 lb. (S. Chifney) - 1 
Mr. Payne’s Paddy, 4 yrs. 7 st. 4 lb. (Nat.) 2 
Mr. Wagstaff’s Saddler, 4 yrs. 8 st. 8 lb. (G. Edwards) - 3 
Betting, 3 to 1 agst. Rowton; 3 to 1 agst. Saddler; 4 to 1 agst. Paddy ; 
7 to 1 agst. Lucetta; and 9 to 1 agst. Gondolier. Paddy and Guildford 
made play at starting, neither having any positive lead for the first half mile; 
Paddy then went ahead, Shirine lying third to them. Rowton was last, 
where he continued for more than half the distance, after which he began to 
creep up: at the two-year-old post the horses began to change places. 
Shirine fell off, and was immediately followed by Guildford, Lucetta, and 
Leander. Saddler went up to Paddy’s quarters at the distance, keeping at 
the inside ; he was followed directly after by Rowton, who waited till about 
twenty strides from the finish, and then he went by Paddy, defeating him 
cleverly by three-quarters of a length. Gondolier was fourth. 
His Majesty’s Plate cf 100 guineas. 4 miles. 
Mr. Watson’s Conscript (late Mayboy) 4 yrs. 10 st. 7 lb. (Pavis) 1 
Mr. Munro’s Crispin, 4 yrs. 10 st. 7 lb. (G. Edwards) - 2 
Sir M. Wood’s Lucetta, 6 yrs. 11 st. 12 lb. (Robinson) - 3 
Mr. Payne’s Paddy, 4 yrs. 10 st. 7 lb. (Conelly) 4 
7 to 4 agst. Lucetta, 2 to 1 agst. Paddy, and 4 to 1 agst. the winner. 
Crispin made the running at a great pace, till within a distance of the finish ; 
when Conscript came out, and won easily by two lengths. 
Thursday , June 21. 
The Eclipse Foot, with 200 sovs. given by the King. 3 subs. 
Lord Chesterfield’s Priam, 5 yrs. (Conelly) 1 
Gen. Grosvenor’s Sarpedon, 4 yrs. (John Day) 2 
4 to 1 on Priam. Sarpedon made running at his best pace. Half way 
within the distance Priam came to the front, and won in a canter by two 
lengths. 
The Gold Cup, value 200 sovs. 12 subs. 
Sir M. Wood’s Camarine, 4 yrs. (Robinson) 1 
Mr. Chifney’s Rowton, 6 yrs. (Chifney) 2 
Mr. Wagstaff’s Saddler, 4 yrs. (Conelly) - - 3 
Betting at starting—11 to 8 agst. Camarine, 7 to 4 agst. Rowton, and 7 to 
2 agst. Saddler. 
The horses went off at a walk, and continued so for upwards of a hun¬ 
dred yards, when Rowton made running at a very moderate canter, not 
did he get into any thing like speed till they got to the turn for straight 
running, where the pace became severe. Rowton maintained his lead till 
past the Grand Stand, when Camarine went alongside him ; and for the 
last forty yards the race was terrible—both horses were severely punished; 
and so close was the finish, that the judge pronounced it a dead heat. The 
Saddler was beaten three or four lengths. Before the jockeys weighed, Sii 
M. Wood made a complaint that his mare had been crossed or forced out 
by Rowton: the matter was examined before the Steward, who decided 
