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LITTLE WONDEK. 



WINNER OF THE DERBY STAKES AT EPSOM, 1840. 



Here is another pony, and another cheap purchase, winner 

 of the Derby. 



Little AVonder, bred in 1837,by Mr Nowell, of Underley, 

 was got by Muley, out of Lacerta, by Zodiac, her dam 

 Jerboa, by Gohanna, out of Camilla, by Trentham — Co- 

 quette, by the Compton Barb, &c. &c. He was purchased 

 by his present owner, Mr Robertson, at the annual sale of 

 the Underley yearlings, in 1838, for the magnificent sum 

 of Sixty -FIVE Guineas ! 



Little Wonder's first appearance was in the Newmarket 

 Second October Meeting, 1839, for the Tuesday Two-Year- 

 Old Plate. — T.Y.C., which produced the following result: 



Mr Wreford's b. c. Wardan, by Glencoe, out of Mara'elliua 1 



Mr Bowes's Richmond, by Memiion, jun., out of Henrietta 2 



Lord Lynedoch's Jeffy, by Jerry, out of Mandane 3 



Lord Exeter's Stamboul, by Reveller, out of Galata ; Colonel Peel's b. c. St Swithin, by 

 Velocipede, or St Nicholas, out of Fille de Joie ; Mr Robertson's b. c. Little Wonder, by 

 Muley; Mr Bland's jun. Miss Betsey, by Plenipotentiarj', out of Emiliana's dam; Mr 

 Edwards's Assassin, by Taurus, out of Sneaker; Mr Walker's Gloxinia, by Glencoe, out 

 of Pauline ; Mr Combe's c. by Actseon, out of Evens ; also started, but were not placed. 

 Betting : 6 to 4 on Wardan, and 5 to 2 ag-st Jefl'y. 



Few people who saw that race, " guessed" that the winner 

 of the Derby was among the "want places." 



In the following Houghton Meeting he was again unsuc- 

 cessful for the Nursery Stakes of 25 sovs. each, for two yr 

 olds.— Eight sabs.— D.M. 



Mr W. Edwards's Assassin, by Taurus, 6st. 101b 1 



Mr Robertson's Little Wonder, 7st. 41b 2 



Colonel Anson's Nicholas, 7st. 121b. ; Mr Rayner's Ten-Pound-Note, 7st. 71b. ; Mr 

 Byng-'s Garryowen, 7st. 41b.; Colonel Peel's ro. c. by Aug-ustus, out of Constantia, 7st. 

 21b. ; Lord Exetfir's Raymond, 6st. 101b. ; Mr Pettit's Miss Romer, Gst. 81b. ; also started, 

 but were not placed. 



Bettingr : 2 to 1 ngst Garryowen, 7 to i? sg-st Assassin, 4 to 1 .Tffst Little Wonder (taken). 



