e the opening of the case, a most atrocious fraud has proved to have
been practised; and I have seen, with great regret, gentlemen associating
themselves with persons much below themselves in station. If gentlemen
would associate with gentlemen, and race with gentlemen, we should have
no such practices. But, if gentlemen will condescend to race with
blackguards, they must expect to be cheated."

The jury found for the defendant, and the effect of their verdict was,
that the Derby Stakes went to Orlando, and that Crenoline should be
considered the winner of the Two-Year-Old Plate at Newmarket, run the
previous year.

_Punch_, in commenting upon Mr. Baron Alderson's remarks, says: "They"
(the gentlemen) "go among these knaves and swindlers, these low-bred
ruffians, reeking of gin and the stables, _to make money of them_. They
associate with boors and grooms, Jew gambling-house keepers, boxers and
bullies, for money's sake to be sure. What other motive could bring such
dandies into communication with such scoundrels, any more than he would
willingly incur an infection, unless he had some end in view. And the
noble patrons of the Turf _have_ a great end in view--that of money."

This ought to have been sufficient roguery, one would think, for one
race, but it was not. A horse, named Rattan, was so evidently "nobbled,"
that two men connected with it, Rogers and Braham, were warned off all
the Jockey Club's premises.

And yet another case. A horse, named Leander, ran in this race, and so
injured its leg, that it was shot. Shortly afterwards, it was suspected
that it was four, instead of three years old; and, on its being exhumed,
_the lower jaw was missing_. The resurrectionists, however, cut off the
head, and veterinary experts confirmed the previous suspicions. For
this, the owners, Messrs. Lichtwald, were, for ever, disqualified from
racing. This case occupied much time before the Select Committee of the
House of Lords.

The Select Committee on Gaming, in the Commons, in 1844, report that:
"Your Committee have some evidence to show that frauds are, occasionally,
committed in Horse Racing, and in betting on the Turf; but they feel
difficulty in suggesting any remedy for this evil, more stringent, or
more likely to be effectual, than those already in existence."

On June 1, two Royal visitors arrived here, the Emperor of Russia and the
King of Saxony. They had to pay the usual penalty of hard labour for a
w