CHAPTERS FROM TURF HISTORY 



Colonel Peel had two candidates engaged : Orlando, 

 a bay horse by Touchstone out of Vulture, a rather 

 soft mare, and Ionian. The former was beaten 

 in his race at Ascot into second place, but he 

 subsequently won the July Stakes at Newmarket 

 and the Ham Stakes at Goodwood. He was a 

 singularly handsome horse of conspicuous quality. 

 He fell lame, ultimately, in running for the Gold 

 Cup at Ascot and was retired to the stud. As 

 a sire he was very successful, and his son, Tedding- 

 ton, was probably one of the best horses who ever 

 won the Derby. Alec Taylor, who trained Ted- 

 dington, was wont to say that he was the fastest 

 horse he ever had in his stable. At the same 

 time Orlando's stable companion Ionian commanded 

 more admirers. This horse was by Ion out of 

 Maiibran by Whisker. At the Craven Meeting he 

 had won a match and had carried off the Chester- 

 field Stakes in brilhant style. For the Epsom 

 race he stood at much shorter odds than Orlando. 

 A few days before the Derby the Stewards of 

 the Epsom meeting — Baron de Tessier and Sir 

 G. Heathcote — were served with a protest signed 

 by Lord George Bentinck, Mr. Bowes and John 

 Scott against the inclusion of Running Rein in 

 the Derby field. Thereupon the Stewards asked 

 the then owner of the colt, Mr. Anthony Wood, 

 a corn merchant of Epsom, to produce either the 

 servant of the breeder or such other evidence 

 as would establish the identity of the horse. On 

 the Saturday before the race the Stewards appear 

 to have been satisfied with the evidence tendered, 

 and they directed that the colt should be allowed 

 to start. They, however, informed the owner 



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