CHAPTERS FROM TURF HISTORY 



comfortably by three parts of a length. Ionian, 

 two lengths away, was third. 



That a protest would be raised against the 

 winner was at once realized, and the general 

 opinion was loudly asserted that the Derby would 

 have to be run over again, and this time within 

 the narrow precincts of Westminster Hall. The 

 settlement of bets over the race was postponed, 

 and the successful holders of lottery tickets were 

 deeply concerned as to the doubtful issue of their 

 interests. Meantime, odds of 2 to i were laid, 

 on Orlando getting the race. On the other hand 

 it was believed that if Running Rein kept the 

 verdict the owner and his friends would win up- 

 wards of £50,000. 



Immediately after the race Colonel Peel entered 

 an objection and claimed the stakes, following 

 this up by serving a writ on Messrs. Weatherby, 

 the stakeholders, for £4,250. Upon this the solicitor 

 to the owner of Running Rein addressed a letter 

 to the Stewards of the Jockey Club asking them to 

 appoint twelve o'clock on the following Monday 

 in order to hear the objection to the qualification 

 of the Derby winner. The Stewards accordingly 

 communicated with Colonel Peel, who then offered 

 to refer the question of qualification to a barrister 

 who should be nominated by the Lord Chief Justice, 

 and who, according to the provisions of a recent 

 Act of ParUament, would be able, as an arbitrator, 

 to examine witnesses upon oath. Peel also in- 

 formed the Stewards that he had commenced 

 process against Messrs. Weatherby for the Derby 

 stakes. This invitation to arbitration was, how- 

 ever, declined by the owner of Running Rein, 



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