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mucli betting on the race, which was won by a neck, 

 Fitzpatrick being the successful jockey. Mr. Best's 

 colt, Dungannon, Avas tlirown down b}' some horsemen 

 imprudently crossing the course before all the race- 

 horses had passed, his rider, B. Norton, being much 

 bruised b}' the fall. The value of the stakes, 1,250 

 guineas. 



Lord Grosvenor, who ran second and third for the 

 Derby, won the Oaks by the aid of Mcteora, Avho was 

 steered to victory by Buckle, the field numbering eight 

 fillies ; the Duke of Grafton being second with Dodona, 

 Sir F. Standish's Sister to Duxbury, by Sir Peter, 

 being third. 



The field for each of the great Epsom races this 

 year numbered twelve, there being thirty-nine entries 

 for the Derby and twenty-seven for the Oaks. The 

 1806, successful jockeys were, respectively, J. 

 Pans. Shepherd in the Derby and W. Edwards in 

 the Oaks. The stakes for the Derby amounted this 

 year to 1,275 guineas. The following three horses ran 

 first, second, and third respectively : 



Lord Foley's br. c. Paris brother to Archdakn., by Sir Peter- 1 

 Lord Egremont's b. c. Trafalgar (afterwards Harpocrates) - 2 

 IMaigravine of Anspach's gr. c. Hector - - - - - 3 



The remainder of the field comprised Mr. Wilson's 

 b. c. Smuggler, Duke of Grafton's b. c. Podagrus, Lord 

 Egremont's b. c. Hedley, Mr. Dixon Boyce's ch. c. 

 Achilles, Sir J. Shelly's br. c. Clasher, Mr. Mellish's 

 b. c. Luck's All, Sir F. Stan dish's ch. f by Mr. Teazle, 

 Mr. Batson's b. c. Rupture, Mr. J. Croft's Ploughboy. 



