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ia ANTIQUATED ENGLISH RACING Meetings at York, Doncaster and Hamhleton About Two Centuries Old. The first record of old English racing at York dates back to 1709. when the roatae was over Clifton and Kawcliffe Ings and thus early there was a disqualification, quaintly described as follow-: "Button and Milkmaid, iu 1 tinning, auie in so .I.,-.- tagetaei that it .ouid not be deejdad h the Tryera preaaaaaMy the Jaafceo, and the rMera showing foul play in tunning and afterwards fight bag on horseback, the Plate was ginn to .Mr. liia-lifim." This was during the reign of yueen Antic, who was .1 eeosisteal patraa of the sport and in 1714 won race with star ai ihis aaaethag. Paai laya later raaac aeon ef the death af th- Qaeea, ou the receipt of which "the nobility and gentry imnie diateiy left the QeM to attend upon the Lord Mayor and Ar hhishop Dawes, who proclaimed George thi First King." Dotn-aster meeting is first mentioned in 1728 and the last of York racing over the Ings was two years later when, in consequence of the overflow of Ihe River Owe, the renrsa flooded and a pos: pom-men* be ame ne.es-.aiy. In this way the venue was removed to the Knaversmire. which has remained the scene of action en- siace. At Hamhleton in 1751 Sir R. Eden won the Kings Plata with Miss Western and special mention is made of the fact that the mare w:.s attended bv a lad only fifteen years old. named John Hatcadaaaa, who invested all his savings on her and. having won, delivered himself of the prophetic exclamation. "Thank ; kI I shall never want money again!" This waa the begtaaiag of a remarkable career as. hariag trained for Peregrine W.ntwortli. Esq.. and later for l»rd Oraartaar, he eabaeaaeatlj beeaaae one af the n-.ost mi. ccs-fiii brttdeia in the caaatrj and a., iuniil.it. d a foriune. Among bis prlacipa] winners were Overton. Hambletonian. Beaiaghar-oagh. Shimon. Ticker. Toby. Oberon and Ttaseiiei. and he was instrumental in inttodtf ing tWO-yeai eM racing, firal . ent at that age being a match made between hha and a siK.rting parson at Torh -Vigilaat, ia l»ndon Bpartaaua.
