HORSE-RACING IN ENGLAND 



has been 2 minutes 40 seconds, ascribed to Tur- 

 quoise, when she won in 1828, which is four- 

 fifths of a second (an accuracy unknown in 

 Turquoise's day) less than the time unofficially 

 ascribed to Memoir in 1890, and the longest, as 

 with the Derby, 3 minutes 4 seconds (which was 

 the 'record' of Mr. 'Bookmaker' Hill's Mincepie 

 in 1856, the very year, oddly enough, in which 

 the Derby was also slowest). Four ' foreigners,' 

 all French, have won the Oaks — Fille de I'Air in 

 1864, Reine in 1872, and Camelia and Enguer- 

 rande (dead heat and stakes divided) in 1876. 



Of the Two Thousand Guineas and the One 

 Thousand Guineas it should be observed, first 

 of all, that there seems to have been originally 

 more point than is now noticeable in the names 

 they bear ; for the former (always for fillies as 

 well as colts, and first run for in 1809) had twenty- 

 three subscribers at 100 guineas in the first year, 

 and that would be in round numbers 2,000 guineas; 

 and the latter (always for fillies only, and first run 

 for in 1 814) had exactly ten subscribers at 100 

 guineas in the first year, and that would be ex- 

 actly 1,000 guineas. 



It should be observed, in the next place, 

 that, at the date of their establishment, race- 



