310 THE MERRY MONARCH. 



Pantasa at his quarters, about a length behind him. The 

 speed for the first mile good ; and the remainder of the 

 distance severely contested. Value of the stakes £3,975. 



In the Goodwood Meeting, Merry Monarch ran second 

 to Hersey for the Gratwicke Stakes, The Laird o'Cockpen 

 being third, and Cowl fourth. 



Merry Monarch's sole performance in 1846 w^as at Epsom, 

 the scene of his former triumph, where carrying 8st. 61b. 

 he was not placed in the Grand Stand Plate, won by a colt 

 by Don John, out of Peri, 3 yrs, 6st. ; Alamode, 5 yrs, 8st. 

 lib. second, and Gamut, 4 yrs old, 5st. 121b. third; eight 

 others started. Merry Monarch's fame, therefore, rests 

 solely on his Derby victory. 



