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The other runners were : Trophonius, winner of the 

 Two Thousand Guineas, Hit or Miss, Mountebank, 

 Wellington, Merry Go Round, Rival, Timour, Nismus, 

 Joker, Prince Regent, b. c. by Sir Solomon out of Tot- 

 torella, b. c. by Sorcerer out of Sister to Oatlands, 

 Beresford and Rapid. Tlie Duke of Rutland, Sir F. 

 Standish (2), Sir Charles Bunbury, Lord Darlington (2), 

 and Mr. Payne all had runners in the race. Tro- 

 phonius, with 3 to 1 betted against it, was favourite at 

 the start, 5 to 1 being offered against the winner. 

 Buckle, who had the mount on Phantom, rode, we are 

 told, in his usual excellent manner. The value of the 

 stakes for this year's Derby must have been ],G00 

 guineas, the second horse, as for some time had been 

 the practice, receiving 100 guineas out of the stakes. 



Lord Derby, Lord Grosvenor, General Gower, Sir F. 

 Standish, Sir J. Shelly, and other gentlemen, ran their 

 fillies in the Oaks of 1811; but it was the Duke of 

 Rutland who supplied the winner, Sorcery, ridden by 

 S. Ch!fne3\ There were forty animals nominated, 

 twelve of which ran in the race, the Duke's lilly, which 

 was favourite in the betting, winning cleverly. 



With one subscriber less than in the preceding 

 1812 year, fourteen starters came to the post for 

 Octavius. the Derby of 1812. The placed horses 

 were : 



Mr. Ladbroke's b. c. Octavius, by Orville out of Marianne, 



by Mufti 1 



Lord Egiemont's b. c. Sweep, by Gohanna out of Amazon - 2 

 Sir J. Shelly's ch. c. Conius, by Sorcerer out of Houghton Lass 3 



The following is a description of the race : Wisdom 



