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The O:\ks was ag'ain won by Lord Egremont, by tho 

 aid of Tag, by Trentham out of Venus, by Eclipse, the 

 jockey on this occasion being the senior Cliifney, 

 Lord Grosven^ir ran second with his filly by Justice 

 out of Cypher ; Mr. Vernon's Hope was third. A 

 fourth Avas also placed ; it was the Duke of Grafton's 

 ])atrodil, by Magnet out of Hebe. The Duke of Bed- 

 ford had also a runner, whilst Lord Clermont swelled 

 the field with two of his fillies. The betting at the 

 start was -5 to 2 against Tag and Hope, 5 to 1 against 

 Daffodil. 



Of the thirty-two entries for the Derby of this year ten 



came to the starting-post on Thursday, May 20th, when 



.„„„ Lord Grosvenor ran first and second, beat- 



1/90. _ . . . 



EiiiKiiiman- ing all liis aristocratic companions in arms. 



tlius. ... 



The following list will show the strength 

 of the field : 



Lord Grosveuor's br.c. Rhndamanthus, by Justice out of Flyer 1 

 Lord Gro.svennr's cb. c. Asparagus, by Pot-8-os, dam by Justice 2 

 Lord Derby's b. c. Lee Boo, brother to Hope, by Florizel - 3 

 Prince of Wales" b. c. Chimbone, by Mambrino out of Tabitha 4 

 Mr. Pantou's b. c. Griffm, by Woodpecker out of Hyajna - 5 



There also ran : the Prince of Wales' b. c. Fitz- 

 william, brother to Rockingham ; Lord Foley's Rattler, 

 by Liiperator; Lord Clermont's b. c. Bagho, biother to 

 Markho ; Duke of Queensberry's gr. c. Burgundy, by 

 Bordeaux ; Mr. Panton's b. c Ostrich, by Woodpecker. 

 Betting: 5 to 4 against Rhadamanthus, 4 to 1 against 

 Asparagus, 5 to 1 against Grifiin, 7 to 1 against Leo 

 Boo. The winner was ridden by J. Arnull. Value 

 of stakes, 1,050 guineas. Lord Grosvenor in his day 

 was a more than ordinarily fortunate sportsman, seeing 



