SURPLICE AS A TWO-YEAR-OLD. 259 



recede in the Derby betting. Lord Enfield (after- 

 wards Earl of Strafford) had executed the stable 

 commission about Surplice for the Derby before 

 he won the Ham, and he was requested by the 

 Goodwood party to continue backing him, if the 

 odds increased. The opportunity was not long in 

 coming. That night, after dinner at Goodwood 

 House, Colonel Anson offered 15,000 to 2000 

 against Surplice for the Derby, which was accepted 

 by Lord Enfield. It subsequently transpired 

 that the Hon. Francis Villiers, youngest son of the 

 fifth Earl of Jersey (the owner of Middleton, 

 Cobweb, Bay Middleton, Glencoe, and many other 

 great race-horses), stood half of the bet laid by 

 Colonel Anson. 



As a two-year-old Surplice ran only once after 

 his two races at Goodwood, in the Municipal 

 Stakes at Doncaster, 200 sovereigns each, where he 

 met Sir Richard Bulkeley's Miss Orbell, whom he 

 beat " hands down," with odds of 10 to 1 laid freely 

 on him. I remember that Admiral (then Captain) 

 Rous laid Mr William Whitfield (who is still 

 living) 100 to 10 on Surplice. The Admiral 

 was fond of laying long odds on a " certainty," 

 and in this case he had no occasion for anxiety. 

 Finally, Surplice walked over at Newmarket for 

 the Buckenham Stakes, 300 sovereigns, half-forfeit, 

 and then went into winter quarters with an un- 

 beaten record. 



Simultaneously Loadstone, upon whom Colonel 



