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Eclipse -like style. Yet, with all these advantages staring 

 the betting gentlemen in the face, Amato was still neglected; 

 and on the Sunday before the race, an old gentleman, one, 

 by the bye, who has been considered a sound judge in 

 racing concerns, was heard to say, " I like Amato's appear- 

 ance much ; I think him a nice goer ; and if he belonged 

 to any other person than Sir Gilbert, I should back him 

 for a pony ; but," added he, " Sir Gilbert Heathcote won't 

 win a Derby in a hundred years :" — so much from pre- 

 judice. 



At last, however, the day arrived which was to open the 

 eyes of the blind, and " close the peepers" of the " knowing 

 ones," and a little after two o'clock the following powerful 

 lot appeared at the starting post : 



Sir G. Heathcote's Amato, by Velocipede, out of Jane Shore 



Colonel Peel's Ion, by Cain, out of Marg-aret 



Lord G. Bentinck's g'r. c. Grey Momus, by Comus, dam by Cervantes 



Mr H. Combe's ch. c. Cobliam, by The Colonel, out of Frederica 



Lord Jersey's c. Phoenix, by Buzz:trd, out of Cobweb 



Mr Payne's ch. c. Young* Rowton, by Rowton, out of Emiliana 



Capt. Berkeley's Bullion, by Emilius out of Goldwire 



Mr E. T Tarleton's br. c. Blaise, by Lamplig'hter, out of Polymnia 



Mr Bie:g"'s br. c. Volunteer, by Tranby, or The Colonel, out of Galatea 



Lord Clitsterlield's ch. c. Fre(l)y, by Priam, out of Cyprian's dam 



Lord Westminster's b. c. Albemarle, by Youns" Phantom, out of Hor ea's dam 



Mr E. Peel's ch. c. The Early Bird, by Bedlamite, dam by Catton 



Duke of Grafton's ch. c. Chemist, by Zing-anee, out of Oxyg-en 



Mr Forth's b. c. Conservator, by The Colonel, out of The Marg-ravine 



Mr T. H. Stirling-'s c. by Aaron, dam by Young" Election, out of Miss Manag'er 



Lord G. Bentinck's ch. c. D'Eg-ville, by The Colonel, out of Varennes 



Mr Worrall's br. c. Dormouse, brother to Mus, by Bizzarre 



Mr Buckley's ch. c. Tom, by Muley, out of Prima Donna 



Mr Edwards's Drum Major, by The Colonel, out of Sister to Cactus 



Gen. Grosvenor's ch. c. Dtedalus, by Buzzard, out of Icaria 



Mr Bond's br. c. by Reveller, out of Scurry 



Mr Pettit's b. c. by St Patrick, out of Surprise 



Sir J. Boswell's b. c. Constantine, by Beag'le, out of Hambletonia. 



Before the betting commenced Lord G. Bentinck declared 

 to win with Grey Momus; this announcement, without 

 driving D'Egville back, had the immediate effect of making 

 the grey first favourite ; there were other fluctuations, but 

 as our object is not to be unnecessarily lengthy, we shall con- 



