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tance (though the actual course has varied with that 

 of the Derby) of a mile and a half ; that the weight 

 of the runners has undergone alterations, more or 

 less in accordance with variations in the weights 

 carried for the Derby ; that the race has twice 

 produced a dead heat: in 1858, between Governess 

 and Gildermire, when the former won the decider, 

 and in 1876, between the two French fillies, 

 Camelia and Enguerrande, when the latter walked 

 over and the stakes were divided ; that the winner 

 of the race has only twice won the Derby (Eleanor 

 in 1801, and Blink Bonny in 1857), t>ut thrice the 

 Two Thousand (Pastille in 1822, Crucifix in 1840, 

 and Formosa, running a dead heat, however, with 

 Moslem, in 1868), and many times the St. Leger 

 (which is run in 'the mares' month') ; that it was the 

 sex of the runners which caused the ' Oaks Day ' 

 to be known as ' the ladies' day '; that the greatest 

 number of runners has been twenty-six (when Mr. 

 * Bookmaker' Hill's Cymba won in 1848), and 

 the smallest, as with the Derby, four (in 1 799), when 

 Bellina won, and there were only five in 1882, when 

 Geheimniss won ; and that, according to very 

 fair though unofficial authority, with a long gap 

 from 1828 to 1846, the shortest time for the race 



