26o THE BLUE RIBBON OF THE TURF. 



turf writers of ' those days/ as to ' how the Derby was 

 ISO-' won ' — in other words, descriptions of the 

 Tyi-aut. race have been written and are extant; in 

 the present instance, however, the description is very 

 brief, although the verdict is emphatic enough, con- 

 sisting only of two words : these are ' won easy.' The 

 whole of the starters, nine in all, seem to have been 

 placed by the judge. The first three were : 



Duke of Grafton's b. c. Tyrant, by Pot-8-os out of Seafowl - 1 

 Mr. Wilson's b. c. Young Eclipse, by Young Eclipse out of 



Tekeli's dam, by Higliflyer 2 



Sir-Charles Bunbury's b. c. Orlando, by "Whiskey out of Amelia 3 



There also ran: Mr. Whaley's Gulliver, Sir F. 

 Standish's Duxbury, Lord Clermont's Piscator, Sir F. 

 Standish's Master Eagle, Lord Grosvenor's ch. filly 

 Margery, Lord Cameford's Omnium. There were 

 thirty subscribers in Tyrant's year, and the winner 

 was again the mount of Buckle. Young Eclipse 

 started favourite at 11 to 8 against ; the price of Pisca- 

 tor was 4 to 1, Orlando 10 to 1, ' and very high odds 

 against any other.' Tyrant's price at the post was 7 

 to 1. The stakes amounted to 976 guineas. 



On the Oaks of 1802, which was won by Mr. 

 VVastell's Sophia, it is recorded that ' there was more 

 betting on this race than the Derby,' and it is described 

 as having been a ' very good race amongst the first 

 three,' Buckle, the great jockey of that day, also rode 

 the winner of the Oaks. 



Out of the thirty-five horses entered for this year's 

 jgQ3 Derby (value of the stakes, 885 guineas) 

 Ditto. only gjx came to the post, of which the 

 following is a complete list, Clift riding the winner. 



