CELEBRA TED RA CEHORSES.



  At Epsom, 9st (French), won the High Level Handicap, of 444o,
beating Mr. Rupert's b. c. Free Trade by Caractacus, four years, 7st 21bs
(Lynham), and Major Fridolin's cb. c. Finisterre by Cape Flyaway,
four years, 7st (Handley), who ran a dead-heat for second place, and four
others.
                               1872.
  At Chester, 8st 8lbs (French), not placed for the Cup, of  1460, won
by Mr. W. Nicholl's br. c. Inveresk by Lambton, three years, 5st 9lbs
(Griffiths), beating Mr. Brayley's b. h. Soucar (winner of the Chesterfield
Cup at Goodwood in 1870), by Dollar, five years, 7st (Mordan), after a
severe and most exciting race, by half a neck, Lord Wilton's b. c. Napolitain
(winner, this year, of the Chesterfield Cup at Goodwood), by Hospodar
(son of Hetman Platoff), three years, 5st 7lbs, third, and ten others.
S. mg., 8st 12lbs (French), won the Cheshire Stakes (Handicap), of
 325, beating Mr. Johnstone's (i. e. Mr. Jardine's) b. c. Columbus by
Adventurer, four years, 7st 3lbs (Gray), Mr. Laurie's b. f. Pompadour
(who when running in the Cambridgeshire in 1875, broke her thigh, and
was destroyed on the spot), by Cape Flyaway, three years, 6st 21bs
(Chaloner), third, and Mr. W. J. Legh's b. c. Silverdale, by Colsterdalc
(son of Lanercost), three years, 5St 21bs, last; even on Hawthornden.
Silverdale made the running, followed by Pompadour and Columbus, to
the five furlong post, where Hawthornden, who till then had been lying
off, joined them. Entering the straight, Hawthornden took the lead,
winning easily by two lengths. S. mg., 9St 21bs (French), ran second
for the Stewards' Cup, won by Mr. Douglas' br. f. Day Dream by
Crown Prince, three years, 7st 9lbs (Glover); three ran. This was
Hawthornden's last race.



TIHE END.



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