228 THE BLUE RIBBON OF THE TURF. 



list of the competing horses has been preserved, and 

 the places they obtained. The horse which is recorded 

 as running second is Major O'Kelly's b. c. Boudrow, 

 brother to Yevtumnus, by Eclipse ; Spitfire, the horse 

 placed third, was also by Eclipse out of Houghton's 

 dam, and was the property of Mr. Walker; Sir F. 

 Evelyn, Mr. Panton, jun., H.R.H. the Duke of Cum- 

 berland, Mr. Sulsh, Mr. Delme and the Duke of Bolton, 

 also ran horses in the first race for the Derby. The 

 wnnning jockey was S. Arnull, who was so fortunate as 

 to have the mount on the victorious horses of 1782, 

 17S7, and 1798. The betting is quoted as follows: 6 

 to 4 against Diomed ; 4 to 1 against Boudrow ; 7 to 1 

 against Spitfire, and 10 to 1 against the Duke of Bol- 

 ton's colt. The value of the stakes would be 1,015 

 guineas. The compiler of this chronology has not 

 been successful in his search for a complete list of the 

 subscribers, which would undoubtedly prove of great 

 interest. The J\Iessrs. Weatherby state that the race 

 did not close till the horses were two-year-olds, and 

 that the race "was made ' to be continued the following 

 year,' which phrase may be taken to m.ean that the 

 subscribers pledged themselves to subscribe again. 

 One at least of the newspapers of the period men- 

 tioned the event, and another journal tells of the 

 break-down of a one-horse chaise on the road home 

 from Epsom, No public interest, in fact, had yet 

 attached itself to a race ultimately destined to become 

 so celebrated. Ilorse-racing in the first year of the 

 Derby was only one of the sports of Epsom ; there 

 was cock-fighting as well : and in the year 1780 the 

 Epsom programme had been strengthened with a 



