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secure place honours, was defeated for that position by a neck. About three 

 lengths off came Tenedos fifth, Tasman being sixth, Typhon, a few lengths away, 

 being seventh, just in advance of Alpenstock, eighth. Some distance off came 

 Prince Imperial ninth, Neuchatel tenth, Duke of Beaufort eleventh, Drummer 

 twelfth, King Cophetua thirteenth, Conrad fourteenth, and Siderolite fifteenth. 

 Hermione colt, Royal Rake, Brambridge, and Standard Bearer were the next lot, 

 many lengths in rear. The winner was most enthusiastically cheered on return- 

 ing to weigh in, and the good fight Belladrum made of it obtained for both him 

 and his jockey many deserved plaudits. Net value of the stakes, 4400. Time, 

 as taken by Benson's chronograph, 1 min. 52i sec. 



As was natural, the victory of Pretender created 

 a volte-face in the quotations on the Derby. Pretender 

 took the premier place in the betting, Belladrum 

 still held his own, Perry Down was introduced 

 to outside notice, and others that followed the 

 Tupgill colt home over the Rowley Mile being driven to 

 forlorn prices. But there was yet Pero Gomez to bear 

 in mind the colt who had beaten Pretender in the 

 Middle Park Plate the previous autumn. It was 

 argued, and not without reason, that the Epsom 

 gradients might alter the chances of the two placed in 

 the Two Thousand, if not actually reverse the positions, 

 Pretender's action, it was alleged, being eminently 

 unsuited to a course with so much descent in it as 

 Epsom. On all public form there was nothing in the 

 Derby but Pretender, Pero Gomez, Belladrum, The 

 Drummer, Wild Oats, and Ladas. 



