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three horses nominated) wiiich opposed hhn. Four 

 were placed by the judge : 



Sir F. Standish's br. c. Archduke, by Sir Peter out of Horatia 1 

 Lord Egreniont's b. c. Gislebert, by Precipitate - - - 2 

 Sir F. Standish's b. c. Fagle, brother to Si>read Eagle - - 3 

 Mr. R. Heithcote's b. c. Vivaldi, by V/oodpecker, dam by 

 Mercury- - - - - - - - --4 



Also ran : Mr. Cookson's b. c. Expectation, by Sir 

 Peter out of Ziha ; Mr. Wilson's b. c. Kite, by Buzzard 

 out of Calash ; Duke of Grafton's ch. c. Vandal, by 

 Skyscraper; Lord Grosvcnor's ch. c. Canterbury, by 

 Pot-8-03 out of Shipton's Sister; Mr. Waller's ch. c. 

 by Satellite out of Isabella, by Shark ; Mr. Phillips' 

 ch. c. Dart, by Spear, dam by Conductor ; Mr. Lake's 

 b. c. Gouty, by Sir Peter out of the Yellow Mare. 

 Letting : Evens on Eagle, 7 to 2 against Canterbury, 

 8 to 1 ajjfainst Vivaldi, 10 to 1 ajzainst Kite, 12 to 1 against 

 Archduke, 17 to 1 against Gislebert. The amount raced 

 for this year was 1,100 guineas, and the jockey who had 

 the mount on Archduke was J. Arnull Archduke was 

 the third and last winner of the Derby owned by Sir E. 

 Standish, who had the further good fortune of twice 

 being hailed as winner of the Oaks ; namel}^, in 

 1786, with Perdita tilly, and again in 1790, with 

 Parasote. 



On Friday, May 10th, 1799, the Oaks was won by 

 Lord Grosvenor's Bellina (F. Buckle having again the 

 good fortune to ride the winner), who was followed to 

 the winning-post by Lady Jane, St. Ann, and Polly 

 P>aker. There were twenty-four nominations, and as 

 has been shown, twenty of the fillies did not run. The 

 following was the betting on the race : 11 to 8 against 



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