232 Tllii OAKS— !;ilO. 



by Plenipotentiary ; and Mr Bell's b. f. La Femme Sa^e, by Gainsborough ; al^o started, 

 bivV were not placed. 



Tlie betting- at starting- was, 3 to 1 on Crucifix, 9 to 1 agst Black Bess, 11 to 1 ao^st 

 Pocahontas, 20 to 1 agst Lalla Rookh, 40 to 1 agst Welfare, 40 to 1 agst Cuirency, 40 

 to 1 ag-st The Ant, and 50 to 1 agst Teleta. 



After fourteen or fifteen failures the race comniLnced. 

 LaUa Rookh taking the lead, followed by AVelfare and 

 Teleta, the ruck lying close to them, with the exception of 

 Crucifix, who was last off by two or three lengths ; the 

 pace, however, was so far from being good, that at the 

 Craven post she took up the running, and at the same time 

 mended the speed. Lalla Rookh waited on her, Welfare 

 and Teleta third and fourth till they reached the top of the 

 hill, when Welfare ran into the second place, Teleta taking 

 the third at the turn. These three, Lalla Rookh, and 

 Pocah: ntas, were fairly singled out from the crowd as they 

 commenced the straight running. Crucifix having a lead of 

 about a length and a half. At the distance the struggle 

 was exceedingly interesting, and at the Stand it was a good 

 race. Welfare and Teleta being then at the favourite's side; 

 they kept there to the finish, Crucifix winning by half a 

 length, which, had the race been ten yards farther^ would 

 have been just the inark by which she would have run second 

 to Welfare. Welfare beat Teleta for the second place by 

 about a length, and Lalla Rookh, a length behind them, 

 was fourth, with a very slight advantage over Pocahontas; 

 nothing was within some lengths of this lot, but the Elfrid 

 and Nannette fillies were sixth and seventh, and L-is eighth. 

 La Femme Sage fell shortly after starting, cut herself badly 

 and bruised her jockey. The pace, as we have before 

 stated, was middling at first, and only first rate from Tat- 

 tenham Corner. Value of the Stakes, £2,700. 



Thus ended the Oaks, to the satisfaction of those who 

 had backed the favourite, but, at the same time, to their 

 gr«at trepidation. But this racel finished what tlic wear 



