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In the first betting lists for the Derby of 1839, 

 we find the name of Lord Jersey's Caesar, brother 

 to Bay Middle ton, as first favourite ; and after 

 his winning the Riddlesworth and the Vacillation 

 stakes in the Craven Meeting, for the former of 

 which he was freely backed at 2 to 1, the odds 

 quoted against him for the Derby were only 5 to 1. 

 Besides Ceesar, the other horses quoted were, 

 the Dey of Algiers by Pilgrim, an untried colt, at 

 11 to 1 ; Flambeau with 1 6 to ] ; Tros with 

 22 to 1 ; Epidaurus, 33 to 1 ; Montreal, 35 to 1 ; 

 Euclid by Emilius, winner of two sweepstakes of 



