FLYING FOX 



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going so easily j there was any amount left in M. de 

 Bremond's horse. 



Sloan is, of course, entitled to his opinion ; 

 what would have happened if Holocauste had 

 not come to grief is, after all, a matter of con- 

 jecture. The following is the record of that 

 year's Derby in the Racing Calendar : 



The one hundred and twentieth renewal of the Derby Stakes 

 of 6000 sovs. by subscription of 50 sovs. each, h.ft., or 5 sovs. if 

 declared, with 600 sovs. added, for three-year-olds ; colts 9 St., 

 and fillies 8 st. 9 lb. ; the nominator of the winner received 

 500 sovs., the owner of the second 300 sovs., and the owner of 

 the third 200 sovs. out of the Stakes. About ij miles. (264 

 subscriptions, 75 of whom paid 5 sovs. each — ;^545o.) 



Duke of Westminster's b.c. Flying Fox, by Orme 



Mr. W. R. Marshall's ch.c. Damocles 



Mr. J. A. Miller's br.c. Innocence. 



Mr. H. Bamato's ch.c. My Boy . 



Lord Dunraven's bl.c. Desmond . 



M. J. de Bremond's gr.c. Holocauste 



Mr. T. L. Plunkett's b.c. Oppressor 



Mr. R. A. Oswald's b.c. Scintillant 



Mr. H. Pack's b.g. Jo I so I (late Ballyleck) 



Mr. Fairie's b.c. Matoppo . 



Mr. E. J. Rose's br.c. Sir Reginald 



Mr. Elliot Galer's br.c. Beautiwick 



M. Cannon i 



S. Loates 2 



Halsey 3 



J. Watts 4 



F. Pratt - 



Sloan - 



T. Loates - 



O. Madden - 



W. Bradford - 



Rickaby - 



Allsopp - 



Palmer - 



Betting : 5 to 2 on Flying Fox, 6 to i against Holocauste, 

 1 5 to I Damocles, 20 to i Oppressor, 33 to i each Desmond and 

 My Boy, 50 to i Innocence, 66 to i Scintillant, 100 to i Sir 

 Reginald, and 200 to i each Jo I so I, Matoppo, and Beautiwick. 

 Won by two lengths, a length between second and third, and 

 three-quarters of a length between third and fourth. Holo- 

 causte broke his leg and was destroyed. 



