242 THE BLUE RIBBON OF THE TURF. 



trophy. There were thirty horses nominated for the 

 race, and the following is the list of those who ran : 



Prince of Wales' cb. c. Sir Thoraa'?, by Pontac out of Sports- 

 mistress -.-----.--1 

 Lord Grosvenor's cb. c. Aurelius, by Eclipse, dam by Blank - 2 

 Lord Karrymore's b. c. Feenow, by Tandem out of Crop's 



dam ....--....3 



Lord Foley's cb. c. Altamont, by Garriclc. dam by Hc-ro'l - 4 

 Mr. Fox's gr. c. Grey Diomed, by Diorned out of Grey Dori- 

 mout - - - - - - - - --5 



Also ran • Duke of St. Alban's b. c. brother to Cowslip, 

 by Highflyer ; Mr. Taylor's b. c. Star, by Highflyer ; 

 Lord Clermoni's b. c. Ponto, by H'mio ; Duke of 

 Queensberry's b. c. Golia, by Giant ; Mr. Lade's ch. c. 

 Conflaus, by Woo.lpecker ; Mr. Hall's ch. c. by Jupiter 

 out of Amaranda. 



Betting: 6 to 5 on Sir Thomas and 5 to 2 against 

 Aurelius, Vakie of the stiikes, 925 guineas. 



His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, afterwards 

 ' His Majesty George the Fourth,' was for a time a 

 keen votary of the sport of kings, and although in 

 some matters hewas probably more sinned against than 

 sinning, he found his name in bad odour, most unkind 

 thiuLTS beiuLC said ret^ardino- the runnin<j^ of some of 

 his horses, and the equivocal conduct of Samuel 

 Chifney, his jockey. The story of Escape does not 

 belong in any way to the Derby, but what was called 

 'the out and in ' running of that horse, on two occa- 

 sions, gave rise to some scandal which led to the with- 

 drawal of His Roj^al Highness from all turf pursuits, 

 and, four j'ears later, to the publication, by his jockey, 

 of that celebrated work ' Genius Genuine,' a most in- 

 teresting book, now very rare, the reprint even being 



