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Although there was a subscriber less to the race of 

 1781, six additional starters came to the post. Victory 

 jygj fell to Major O'Kell}^ his horse Young 



YouugEciipse. Eclipse, by Eclipse, ridden by Hindley, 

 being placed first by the judge ; Sir J. Lade's colt 

 Crop, by Turf, being second ; and Lord Clermont's 

 Prince of Orange, by Herod, third. Tlie winner 

 , started at 10 to 1, Crop being favourite at 5 to 4, with 

 ' high odds against an}' other.' The Duke of Cumber- 

 land, I\lr. Walker, and Mr. Sulsli again ran the colts 

 they had entered. In addition to his horse Prince of 

 Orange, Lord Clermont also ran a colt, named Arbutus, 

 brother to Florus. The Duke of Queensberry, Lord 

 Derby, Lord Milfintown, and Lord Craven also ran 

 horses in the second Derby. Other gentlemen wdio 

 ran their colts were General Smith, Mr. Kingsman, 

 Mr. Douglas, and Sir C. Danvers, It is impossible to 

 give particulars, no record of the running being appar- 

 ently in existence. The conditions of the race were in 

 no way changed from those which pertained to the 

 struggle of the preceding year. A'alue of stakes 1.250 

 guineas. Ecli[)se, which was the sire of this year's 

 winner, and of two other heroes of the Derby, namely, 

 Saltram (1783) and Serjeant (17S4), has 'a history' 

 which, although it has been often enough related, may 

 be again briefly told. If all that has been written 

 about him can be believed, he was a wonderful horse; 

 but as the timing of races was unknown in the days of 

 O'Kelly's colt, it is quite on the cards that wo have 

 had in these latter days even better, or let us say 

 faster, horses. Still, it Avould not be fair to under- 

 estimate Eclipse, who was claimed as the sire of 335 



