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fine ourselves to the odds wiieii liie ring iiuaiiy broke up : 

 — 9 to 4 agst Grey Momus, 7 to 2 agst Cobham, 7 to 1 agst 

 Phoenix, 15 to 2 agst D'Egville, 14 to 1 agst Young Rowton, 

 15 to 1 agst Ion (t.), 25 to 1 agst The Early Bird, 33 to 

 1 agst Amato, 40 to 1 agst Conservator, and 40 to 1 agst 

 any other. As it would not be the Derby without false 

 starts, several occurred before the actual one took place, 

 and a bungling affair it was after all. Bretby, Amato, and 

 Grey Momus sprung off at a slashing pace, each seeming 

 to be bent on taking the lead ; the honour was at length 

 acceded to Bretby, who acting as an avant courier to Al- 

 bemarle and Cobham, cut along merrily, till the whole lot 

 (excepting two to be mentioned hereafter) had completed 

 the hill. The grey here took the lead from Bretby ; Ion, 

 Amato, and two or three others lying very handy ; nothing 

 worthy of ]iotice occ Qrred in going round the turn, except 

 that Ion and Albemarle, who had lost start, were in the 

 front. On getting into the straight running the race may 

 be said to have terminated, for Amato rushed between the 

 Grey and Ion, kept Ion at his heels from the Grand Stand 

 to the Chair and won easy by a length ; Ion second, the 

 Grey a bad third, Albemarle at his side, and nothing else 

 near. At the head of the next lot were Tom, Conservator, 

 Dormouse, and Blaise ; at the fag-end, the " flying Cob- 

 ham," — but how he came to be there we do not pretend to 

 say, more especially as the Scotts declared that they tried 

 him again on Friday, with Albemarle, and that he won by 

 fifty or sixty yards. 



One thing is certain, viz. that Cobham was not Cobham 

 on the Derby day. We have said that two horses were left 

 behind, they were Young Rowton and the Surprise colt. 

 It is a matter of perfect indifference whether the latter 

 started or not, for, turned loose, he would have been per- 

 fectly harmless; but the case is otherwise with Youiiur 



