250 THE BLUE RIBBON OF THE TURF. 



Sir F. Poole's b. c. Waxy, by Pot-S-osout of Maria, by Hi rod 1 

 Lord Egremont's b. c. (iohanna, brother to Precipitate, by 



IMercury ---.-....2 



Lord Giosvenor's b. c. Triptolerau*!, by Pot-8-os - ' - - 3 

 Lord Grosvenor's ch. c. Druid, by Pot-8-os - - - - 4 

 Mr. Hull's ch. c. Xauthns, by Volunteer - - - -5 



Sir F. Staudish's gr. c. Darsham, by Crop, dam by Herod - 6 



Also ran the followinc^ : Lord Derby's b. c. Kidney, 

 by Pot-8-os ; Lord Strathmore's ch. c. by Mercury out 

 of Cowslip ; Lord Grosvenor's b. c. Lilliput, by Pot-8-os; 

 Lord Grosvenor's ch. c. by Pot-8-os out of Perdita; 

 ^Ir. Kaye's ch, c. Gay Deceiver, by Phii^nomenon 

 out of Ptecovery ; Sir F. Poole's b. c. Mealey, by 

 Pot-Sos ; Mr. Philip's b. c. Brother to King David, 

 by HighHyer. 



Betting: 11 to 10 on Gohanna, 8 to 1 against 

 Xanthus, 10 to 1 against Druid, 12 to 1 against Waxy. 

 Clift rode the winner. Value, 1,575 eiiineas. 



Orton gives the following note : * This race was de- 

 cided in the presence of as numerous a company as 

 Avas ever before witnessed. His Pioj^al Highness the 

 Prince of Wales appeared on the course about half- 

 past twelve o'clock, and in a few minutes after the 

 liorses started. Gohanna took the lead, and made 

 running up to Tattenham Corner, where Waxy passed 

 him, was never headed, and won very easy. Waxy 

 was so little thought of for the race, that at Tatter- 

 sail's rooms his name was never mentioned.' As will 

 be seen from the list of runners, Pot-8-os sired no less 

 than seven of the runners, including^ the winner, and 

 Pot-8-o's colts had run in throe previous iJorbys. 

 Pot-8-os won, or v/.dkcd over, for about twenty-five races 

 during his career on the turf, and afterwards became 



