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Printed on upper sheet: ROWTON, / By Oiseau; dam Katherina (late Perspective), by Woful; grandam Landscape, by Rubens; / great grandam Iris, by Brush; great great grandam by Herod; great great great grandam / by Goldfinder; great great great great grandam a sister to Greyling, by the Compton Barb; /great great great great great grandam Vanessa, by Regulus--Fox--Bloody-shouldered Arabian-- / Basset Arabian--Natural Barb Mare.-----Oiseau, by Camillus; dam (Swift's dam) by Ruler; / grandam Treecreeper (sister to Certhia), by Woodpecker; great grandam by Trentham; great / great grandam Cunegonde, by Blank--Cullen Arabian--Patriot--Gander--brother to Grey / Grantham--Pulleine's chesnut Arabian--Spanker. Printed on lower sheet: DONCASTER, 1829.--THE GREAT ST. LEGER STAKES / Of 25 sov. each, for three-year old colts 8st. 6lb. fillies 8st. 3lb.--St. Leger Course. / (97 subscribers.) / Mr . Petre's ch. c. Rowton, by Oiseau, out of Katherina, by Woful--W. Scott ... 1 / Lord Cleveland's br. c. Voltaire, by Blacklock, dam by Phantom--Overton--S. Chifney ... 2 / Lord Langford's bl. c. Sir Hercules, by Whalebone, out of Penri, by Wanderer--Conolly ... 3 / Lord Worcester's b. c. Felt, by Langar, out of Steam, by Waxy Pope--J. Robinson ... 0 / Mr. Ridsdale's b. f. Clotilde, by Tramp, out of Neva, by Cervantes--S. Templeman ... 0 / Mr.Gratwicke's b. c. Frederick, by Little John, dam by Phantom--Mr. Forth ... 0 / Mr. Robinson's ch. c. Bolivar, by Blacklock, dam by Tramp--J. Garbutt ... 0 / Sir E. Dodsworth's b. c. Young Patrick, by St. Patrick, dam by Smolensko--T. Nicholson ... 0/ Mr. Theobald's gr. c. The Exquisite, by Whalebone, out of Fair Ellen--F. Buckle, jun. ... 0 / Lord Kelburne's br. c. by Smolensko, out of Georgiana, by Woful--F. Boyce ... 0 / Lord Grosvenor's b. c. Parnassus, by Master Henry, out of Tempe--G. Dockeray ... 0 / Mr. Riddell's ch. c. Lawn Sleeves, by Doctor Syntax, dam by Ardrossan--R. Johnson ... 0 / Duke of Leeds's ch. c. by St. Patrick, out of Rhodacantha, by Walton--G. Nelson ... 0 / Lord Cleveland's b. c. Stotforth, by Octavian, dam by Sir Paul--J. Day ... 0 / Mr. Chilton's b. c. Don Jose, by Don Juan, dam by Remembrancer--J. Jackson ... 0 / Lord Fitzwilliam's b. f. sister to Mulatto, by Catton, out of Desdemona--T. Lye ... 0 / Mr. Gibbeson's b. f. Lady Sarah, by Tramp, out of Miss Wentworth--H. Edwards ... 0 / Mr. Athorne's br. c. Wandering Boy, by Oiseau, dam by Whitelock--Jaques [sic?] ... 0 / Mr. Earnshaw's br. f. Elastic, by Waverley, dam by Thunderbolt--J. Dodgson ... 0 // The Judge placed but three. // 7 to 2 against Rowton,4 to 1 against Frederick, 4 to 1 against Voltaire, 8 to 1 against Clotilde, 14 to 1 against Sir Hercules, 16 to 1 / against The Exquisite, 18 to 1 against Felt, 20 to 1 against the Duke of Leeds's colt, 20 to 1 against Stotforth, 20 to 1 against Wandering / Boy, and 40 to 1 against Lord Kelburne's colt. // The horses having assembled in front of the Stand, were brought in a body to the starting post, and went off at once in most beautiful style, / Parnassus having a decided advantage, without improving it, for he immediately fell back into the crowd; for the first fifty yards the jockies had / enough to do to pick their ground, which settled, the order of running was thus:--Frederick in front, Rowton close at his heels, Stotforth next, / Sir Hercules and Clotilde immediately a-stern, well up, and the others in a body behind, with the exception of Voltaire, who was the hindermost / horse. They went over the hill without any change, unless it was that Rowton was mending his pace, and evidently gaining on Frederick, who / shortly afterwards he passed: he then made strong running till they were at the Red-House, where the inferior horses between that point and / the rails invariably begin to drop off. At the Red-House, Sir Herculesheaded Stotforth and Clotilde, and was directly followed by Felt, Voltaire / all this time keeping in the back ground; as they approached the rails, he began to creep up (Frederick here being beat off), but it was not till they / had passed the distance post, that Chifney made his push--he then passed Clotilde, Felt, and Sir Hercules, in succession, and at the Grand / Stand was up with Rowton. A severe race terminated in favour of Rowton by a neck and a shoulder. Felt was fourth, Clotilde fifth, Frederick sixth, Bolivar seventh, and Young Patrick eighth.
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