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Printed on front of upper sheet: CHORISTER, / By Lottery; dam by Chorus; grandam by Orville; great grandam Anticipation (dam of Offa's / Dyke, Maniac, and Barbara Allen), by Beningbrough [sic, cf print legend], out of Expectation (sister to Telemachus), / by Herod--Skim--Janus--Spinster, by Crab--Spinster (the celebrated Widdrington mare), by / Partner--Bloody Buttocks--Greyhound--Makeless--Brimmer--Place's White Turk--Dods- / worth--Violet Barb mare.----LOTTERY, by Tramp; dam Mandane, by Pot8os; grandam Young / Camilla, by Woodpecker; great grandam Camilla, by Trentham, out of Coquette, by the Compton / Barb--sister to Regulus, by the Godolphin Arabian--Grey Robinson, by the Bald Galloway-- / Snake--Old Wilkes, by Hautboy. Printed on front of lower sheet: DONCASTER, 1831.--THE ST. LEGER STAKES / Of 25 sov. each, for three-year old colts 8st. 6lb. fillies 8st. 3 lb.--St. Leger Course. / (86 subscribers.) / Lord Cleveland's b. c. Chorister, by Lottery, dam by Chorus, grandam by Orville--J. Day ... 1 / Mr. Skipsey's br. c. The Saddler, by Waverley, out of Castrellina, by Castrel--T. Nicholson ... 2 / Mr. Golden's br. f. La Fille Mal Gardee, by Lottery, out of Morgiana, by Muley ... 0 / Mr. F. Richardson's b. f. Lady Elizabeth, by Lottery, out of Miss Wentworth, by Cervantes ... 0 / Mr. R. Bower's b. c. Chancellor, by Minos, out of Angelica, by Amadis ... 0 / Mr. Robinson's b. c. Liverpool, by Tramp, dam by Whisker, out of Mandane ... 0 / Mr. Ferguson's br. c. Tetotum, by Lottery, dam by Smolensko ... 0 / Lord Fitzwilliam's b. c. Creole, by Catton, out of Desdemona, by Orville ...0 / Lord Scarbrough's b. c. brother to Tarrare, by Catton, out of Henrietta, by Sir Solomon ... 0 / Mr. Sadler's b. f. Delight, by Reveller, out of Defiance, by Rubens ... 0 / Mr. Sadler's ch. c. Achilles, by Rubens, out of Atalanta, by Walton ... 0/ Col. Cradock's b. c. by Catton, out of Queen Coil, by Sweetwilliam ... 0 / Mr. Wagstaff's b. f. Joan d'Arc, by Bustard, out of Miss Witch, by Sorcerer ... 0 / Mr. Wagstaff's b. f. Streamlet, by Tiresias, out of Bizarre, by Peruvian ... 0 / Mr. Houldsworth's b. f. Circassian, by Sultan, out of Variety, by Selim or Soothsayer ... 0 / Mr. A. Bower's br. c. Sir John, by Tramp, dam by Waxy ... 0 / Mr. Beardsworth's br. c. Colwick, by filho da Puta, out of Stella, by Sir Oliver ... 0 / Mr. Harrison's b. c. Braithwaite, by St. Patrick, dam by Sir David ... 0 / Lord Cleveland's br. c. Marcus, by Emilius, out of Camilla, by Camillus ... 0 / Mr. Vansittart's ch. c. Rubini, by St. Patrick, out of Slight, by Selim ... 0 / Lord Sligo's ch. c. Bras deFer, by Langar, out of Velvet, by Oiseau ... 0 / Mr. S. Reed's b. c. Panton, by Arbutus, dam by Prime Minister ... 0 / Mr. Singleton's b. c. Tremaine, by Tramp, dam by Deceiver ... 0 / Mr. W. Turner's b. c. Shrigley, by Macduff, out of Eucrosia, byWalton ... 0 / The Judge placed two only. / Betting at starting:--3 to 1 against The Saddler, 7 to 2 against Marcus, 15 to 2 against Liverpool, 12 to 1 against Circassian, 13 to 1 against Delight, / 14 to 1 against brother to Tarrare, 16 to 1 againstSir John, 18 to 1 against Chancellor, 18 to 1 against Colwick, 20 to 1 against Creole, 20 to 1 against Chorister, 25 to 1 against Lady Elizabeth, and 40 to 1 against Rubini. / The horses went off at once, in grand style, brother to Tarrare taking the lead, followed by Chancellor, Tetotum, and La Fille Mal Gardee, Liverpool, / The Saddler, and Lady Elizabeth being well up, Chorister lying in the crowd, accompanied by Circassian, Rubini, Delight, and Achilles. Brother to / Tarrare declined beforehe reached the summit of the hill, where the running was taken up by Chancellor. The other horses maintained their respective / positions until they reached the Red-House, where La Fille Mal Gardee passed Chancellor. On approaching the white rails, The Saddler came up, and / looked like the winner. On arriving at the distance, The Saddler passed La Fille Mal Gardee, apparently winning: immediately afterwards Chorister / challenged, a struggle ensuing betwixt him and The Saddler, and ultimately won the race in a most admirable manner by half a head only. La Fille / Mal Gardee was third, although not placed; Lady Elizabeth fourth, and Liverpool and Chancellor fifth and sixth. Inscribed in graphite in upper right and lower right corners: 12.
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