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br. c. Botleys. The race took jJace on Thursda}-, 

 May 18th. Salvator began by taking the lead, which 

 he kept till Tattenhain Corner was turned, when 

 AA'izard came up and disputed the place; but within 

 a few yards of the Avinning-post Goodison, who had 

 brought Pope with one run, won the race by a neck, 

 the general verdict being that he rode his horse with 

 much skill and judgment. W, Clift rode Wizard, the 

 second horse, which started favourite at 5 to 4 on it; the 

 starting price of Pope, the winner, was 20 to 1 ; a^i^ainst 

 the third, horse 9 to 1 was betted at the start. The 

 value of the stakes would be 1,375 guineas. In this 

 year was run the fiist race for the Two Thousand 

 Guineas Stakes, a race which was destined to have 

 much influence on the incidence of the Derby. The 

 first winner of the Guineas, it may be noted, was 

 Wizard, which, as has been told, ran second for the 

 * Blue Ribbon.' 



There were thirty-three subscribers to the Oaks, 

 from which there came to the starting-post a field of 

 eleven, victory falling to General Gower's Maid of 

 Orleans, ridden by B. Moss, and starting with odds of 

 15 to 1 against. 



On June 7th the Duke of Grafton Avas so fortunate 

 as to win the Derby again, it being his third victory ; 

 1810. t,he winning horse was by Waxy, the Derby 

 Whalebone, yictor of 1793, and, as in the preceding 

 year, there Avere forty-five subscribers, eleven of which 

 came to the post, among the lot being Hcphestion, 

 the Avinner of the Two Thousand Guineas. The 

 three horses placed Avcre : 



