Royal Ascot -* 



Stand and adjoining the Jockey Club Stand, and the in- 

 novation proved most welcome to members of Tattersall's 

 and Newmarket Rooms, 505 persons availing themselves 

 of the privilege. 



Fordham in the race for the Cup added more laurels 

 to his crown of victories. Mounted on Lecturer, he 

 waited on Hippia, the favourite, and even while Regalia 

 was being proclaimed winner, with wonderful tact he came 

 up with a rush between the two, and won by a length 

 and a half amid general plaudits. 



The Royal Hunt Cup was considered a certainty in 

 1868 for Sir F. Johnstone's Eastley, who had run third 

 to Paul Jones and Kingsland in the Goodwood Nursery ; 

 and it was even hinted that Admiral Rous, in compiling 

 the weights, had mistaken Eastley for Lord Westmor- 

 land's moderate Earnley ; but, as it happened, from a field 

 of forty-one, Eastley could not live the pace with Sir. J. 

 Hawley's Satyr, and the lucky baronet's horse was a winner 

 by a length. 



The first three in the Derby competed for the Cup, 

 and Blue Gown had the satisfaction of beating King 

 Alfred, thereby confirming the Epsom running. 



Baron Rothschild and the Ring had a stroke of luck 

 in the race for the Seventeenth Ascot Triennial in 1869. 

 Lord Falmouth's Kingcraft had been pronounced a clipper, 

 and certainly looked like winning, but Fordham again 

 distinguished himself on Mahonia, a filly by King Tom, 

 and in the final spurt came in ahead of Kingcraft, amid 

 such enthusiasm and excitement as had rarely been 

 witnessed on any race course. 



Fordham had a nasty accident in 1S70 when going 



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