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Betting: 5 to 2 against Crazy, 3 to 1 against Mistletoo, 

 G to 1 against Hippolyta, 10 to 1 against Louisa. 



Nine horses selected from the thirty-two nominated 

 came to the post to compete for the ' Blue Ribbon ' of 

 j„qj June 9th, ITUl, when the Duke of Bedford 

 Eager. was accorded the trophy. His grace also 

 won the Oaks, with Portia. The following list em- 

 braces all the horses that started for the Derby, of 

 which four seem to have been placed by the judge: 



Duke of Bedford's br. c. Eager, by Flovizel out of Fidget's 



dam -.-..-----1 

 Lord Foley's br. c. Yermin, by ITigbflyer out of Rosebud - 2 

 Lord Egremoiit's b. c. Proteus, by Mercury out of Pastorella 3 

 Prince of Wales' cb. c. St. David, by Sallram - - - 4 



Prince of Wales' b. c. by Highflyer, dam by Engineer ; 

 Mr. Vernon's gr c. by Garrick out of Blowzy ; Sn* 

 Charles Bunbury's b. c. Playfellow, by Diomed, dam 

 by Turf; Mr. Graham's ch. c. by Eclipse, dam by 

 Pincher ; Lord Grosvenor's br. c. Gumcistus, by Pot-8-os 

 out of Elfrida. Betting : 5 to 4 against Vermin, 5 to 2 

 a'j^ainst Eacjer, 8 to 1 jio-ainst St. David, 10 to 1 against 

 Proteus, The name of the winning jockey was Ste- 

 phenson, and the value of the stakes would amount to 

 1,025 guine;is. 



None but persons of title ran their fillies in the 

 Oaks, among others the Prince of Wales, the Dukes of 

 Grafton and Bedford, as also Lords Grosvenor, Bany- 

 more, and Egremont. Tlie subscription list for 1791 

 included thirty-ei'dit fillies, as against the eighteen of 

 the three previous years, and the twenty-four of 1785, 

 1786, and 1787, which is some proof that the race was 



