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was at liberty to ride Ormonde. Perhaps I 

 had better explain here that jockeys attached to 

 my stable were employed by the stable ** as a 

 whole." Supposing we paid a jockey a retainer 

 of ;^2ooo ; we ascertained the number of times 

 he had ridden for each patron, who then paid 

 his due proportion of the retainer. 



Ormonde won the Derby easily by a length 

 and a half from The Bard. The latter was a 

 really good and game little horse, but Ormonde 

 settled him in two strides. The official record 

 is as follows: 



The one hundred and seventh renewal of the Derby Stakes 

 of 50 sovs. each, h.ft., for three-year-olds ; colts 9 St., fillies 

 8 St. 9 lb. ; the second received 300 sovs. and the third 1 50 sovs. 

 out of the stakes. About a mile and a half, starting at the New 

 High Level Starting-Post. (199 subs. — £^700). 



Duke of Westminster's b.c. Ormonde, by 



9 to 4 on Ormonde, 7 to 2 against The Bard, 25 to i 

 Grey Friars, 40 to i each Chelsea and St. Mirin, 1000 to 15 

 each Scherzo and Button Park, and 500 to i each Ariel and 

 Coracle. Won by a length and a half; a bad third; a head 

 between third and fourth. 



