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Jersey, his horse winning by a neck just on the post, which 

 neck, no doubt, would have been half a length had they 

 run a dozen yards more. Two faster or gamer horses have 

 seldom been opposed to each other, nor would it be easy 

 to name two of any age with pretensions so nicely balanced. 

 Of the others it is only necessary to say, that they were 

 beatenoff an immense distance by th.^ extraordinary severity 

 of the pace, and that no weight could have brought them 

 near the favourite. Lord Jersey gave Robinson two hun- 

 dred guineas for his ride, and bearing in mind a former 

 winner of the Derby, christened his nag " Bay Middleton." 

 Speculation was not so rife upon the Derby this year as 

 formerly, owing to the cause already stated; but still the 

 Derby day came round like all the rest, and the following 

 nags showed at the post : 



Lord Jersey's b. c. Bay Middleton. — Robinson 



Lord Wilton's ch. c. Gladiator. — Scott 



Mr J. Day's b. c. Venison. — J. Day 



Colonel Peel's b. c. Slane. — Pavis 



Mr Ghifney's b. c. The Athenian. — F. Butler 



Duke of Richmond's br. c. Sepoy. — Boyce 



Colonel Peel's b. c- Mr Wag-s. — Nat 



Lord Chesterfield's b. c. Alfred. — S. Rog'ers 



Mr Osbaldeston's Ebberston. — Wheatley 



Mr Batson's b. c. Taishteer. — Wakefield 



Lord Exeter's b. c. Muezzin. — Connolly 



Sir L. Glyn's ch. c. Recruit. — S. Day, jun. 



Mr J. Robinson's ch. c. Whaley. — Darling- 

 Lord Lichfield's br. c. by Velocipede, out of Delphine. — Cartwrig-ht 



Mr Allen's b. c. Master of the Rolls. — Lye 



Mr E. Peel's br. c. Morison. — Macdonald 



Captain Gardner's c. Idiot. — Chappie 



Sir G. Heathcote's ch. c. Willesden. — Buckle 



Duke of Beaufort's Hatfield. — Wright 



Lord Chesterfield's Weighton. — E. Edwards 



Lord Eg-remont's c. by Chateau Margaux, out of Emmelina. — G Edwards. 

 At the breaking- up of the ring-, the odds were, 7 to 4 ag-st Bay Middleton, 7 to 2 ag-st 

 Venison, 8 to 1 ag-st Col Peel's two, 10 to 1 ag-st Sepoy, 12 to 1 ag-st Gladiator, 25 to 1 

 ag-st The Athenian, the same agst Alfred, 30 to 1 ag-st the Emmelina colt, the same ag-st 

 Muezzin, and 50 to 1 ag-st Recruit. The once much vaunted Ebberston was altogether 

 friendless. 



There was a sad drawback to the race in consequence of 

 the restiveness of The Athenian, Avhom neither whip nor 



