196 ASHGILL; OR, THE LIFE 



PRETENDER'S DERBY, 1869. 



(Sporting Times.) 



The DERBY STAKES of 50 sovereigns each, h. ft., for three -y ear-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. J. Johnstone's br c Pretender, by Adventurer 



Ferina, ........ J. Osborne 1 



Sir J. Hawley's br c Pero Gomez, by Beadsman 



Salamanca, ....... Wells 2 



Mr. Graham's b c The Drummer, by Rataplan My 



Niece, ........ Morris 3 



Sir J. Hawley's b c King Cophetua, .... J. Adams 



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



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



Mr. J. Johnstone's ch c Thorwaldsen, . . . Chaloner 



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



Sir C. Legard's ch c Border Knight, .... Snowden 



Lord Calthorpe's ch c Martyrdom, .... Fordham 



Mr. Merry's b c Belladrum, . . . . . J. Daley 



Mr. Savile's b c Ryshworth, ..... Maidment 



Mr. Savile's bl c Neuchatel, ..... Hammond 



Lord Rosebery's br c Ladas, ..... Custance 



Lord Royston's ch c Alpenstock, .... Mr. W. Bevill 



Lord Strafford's ro c Rupert, ..... T. French 



Mr. T. Jenning's br c Perry Down, .... Butler 



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



Duke of Newcastle's b c Tenedos, . . . Metcalfe 



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



Mr. Padwick's b c Ethus, ...... J. Goater 



Mr. John Denman's br c Defender, .... Roper 



Mr. Johnstone declared to win with Pretender. 



Betting 5 to 4 against Pretender, 5 to 1 against Pero Gomez, 6 to 1 against 

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

 The Drummer, 33 to 1 each against Thorwaldsen 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. Maiming 

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

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

 the race was fixed. The eager, surging crowd which 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 



