262 THE BLUE RIBBON OF THE TURF. 



being "Woodcot, by Guilford, the other being un- 

 named, but also by Guilford, dam by Highflyer out 

 of Eyebright. The names of the jockeys wbo had the 

 mounts on the second and third horses respectively 

 (W. Clift and D. Fitzpatrick) are this year given in the 

 records of the race. The starting prices were as 

 follows : 100 to 43 against Pavilion, 5 to 2 and 3 to 1 

 against Hannibal, 7 to 2 and 3 to 1 against Zodiac, 

 9 to 2 against Hippocampus; 'much betting between 

 Hannibal and Zodiac' Value of the stakes, £1,025. 



The winner of this year's Oaks was the Duke of 

 Grafton's br. f. Pelisse, which, ridden by W. Clift, ' won 

 easy.' 



The race was in 1805 contested by the excellent 

 field of fifteen runners, the number of subscribers 

 being set down as thirty-nine. The winner proved 

 to be Lord Egremont's b. c. Cardinal 

 CarJiuai Beau- Beaufort, by Golianua out of Colibri, 

 °^ ■ ridden by I). Fitzpatrick ; Lord Grosvenor 

 supplied the second and third horses — Plantagenet, by 

 John Bull, and Goth, by Sir Peter. Mr. Bigg's Bas- 

 sanio was placed fourth, Lord Foley's Little Peter 

 being fifth. The other ten horses which took part in 

 the Derby of 1805 Avere Lord Egremont's Impostor, 

 General Gower's Swinley, the Prince of Wales' Bar- 

 barossa, Mr. Wilson's Newmarket, Mr. Howorth's 

 Honesty, Mr. Glover's Sigismunda ; Mr. Jones's Free- 

 dom and Junius, Mr. Harris's Farmer, and Mr. Best's 

 colt by Dungannon out of Flirtilla. The Cardinal 

 started at 20 to 1, Impostor and Plantagenet being 

 equal favourites at 2 to 1. There was, we are told, 



