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ASHGILL; OR, THE LIFE 



PRETENDER'S DERBY, 1869. 



(Sporting Times. ) 



The Dekby Stakes of 50 sovereigns each, h. ft., for three-year-olds; colts,. 

 8 St. 10 lb., fillies, 8 st. 5 lb. ; the second received 300 sovereigns, and the 

 third 150 sovereigns out of the stakes. One mile and a half. 247 yards. 



Mr 



Sir 



Mr 



Sir 



c Pretender, by Adventurer- 

 Pero Gomez, by Beadsman — 



-My 



J. Johnstone's br 



Ferina, 

 J. Hawley's br c 



Salamanca, 



Graham's b c The Drummer, by Rataplan 



Niece, ..... 

 J. Hawley's b c King Cophetua, . 

 Mr. Brayley's b c Duke of Beaufort, . 

 Mr. J. Johnstone's b c Lord Hawthorn, 

 Mr. J. Johnstone's ch c Thorwaldsen, 

 Mr. H. E. Surtee's b c The ^gean, 

 Sir C. Legard's ch c Border Knight, 

 Lord Calthorpe's ch c Martyrdom, 

 Mr. Merry's b c Belladrum, 

 Mr. Savile's b c Ryshworth, 

 Mr. Savile's bl c Neuchatel, 

 Lord Rosebery's br c Ladas, 

 Lord Royston's ch c Alpenstock, 

 Lord Strafford's ro c Rupert, 

 Mr. T. Jenning's br c Perrv Down, 

 Mr. Jos. Dawson's ch c De Vere, 

 Duke of Newcastle's b c Tenedos, 

 Sir R. W. Bulkeley's br c Tasman, 

 Mr. Padwick's b c Ethus, . 

 Mr. John Denman's br c Defender, 



Mr. Johnstone declared to win witli Pretende 



J. Osborne 1 



Wells 2 



Morris 3 



J. Adams 



Cannon 



Hudson 



Chaloner 



Parry 



Snowden 



Fordham 



J. Daley 



Maidment 



Hammond 



Custance 0' 



Mr. W. Bevill 



T. French 



Butler 



Grimshaw 



Metcalfe 



Ken von 



J. Goater 



Roper 



Betting — 5 to 4 against Pretender, 5 to 1 against Pero Gomez, G to 1 against 

 Belladrum, 10 to 1 against Perry Down, 20 to 1 eacli against Martyrdom and 

 The Drummer, 33 to 1 each against Tliorwaldsen and Border Knight, 50 to 

 1 each against Duke of Beaufort, Ryshworth, De Vere, and Ethus, 66 to 1 

 against Ladas, 100 to 1 against Alpenstock, 1000 to 8 against King Cophetua, 

 and 1000 to 5 each against The ^gean, Defender, and Tenedos. 



THE RACE. 



Preparations having been going on while the first race was run, Mr. Manning 

 succeeded in weighing out the starters in excellent time, and accordingly tlie 

 numbers were announced some minutes before the hour (three o'clock) for which 

 the race was fixed. The eager, surging crowd whicli congregated in front of the 

 crude arrangement which does duty for a telegraph board were then in possession 

 of the fact that of the twenty-six animals mentioned on the card, but four, the 

 Hermione colt, Derventio, Walmer, and Conrad, declined to enter the lists. 

 Attention was then turned to the paddock, which was already well filled, but a. 



