TRAINING, RACES, THE FIRST DERBY 151 



The Ascot races, which lasted a week, began a fort- 

 night after Whitmonday, and on the 28th of June 1791, 

 the Oatlands Stakes were run for. They were won by 

 Baronet, owned by the Prince of Wales, who beat not 

 only Express, but seventeen other horses. On this 

 important event ^100,000 were lost and won. 



