-78 THE BLUE RIBBON OF THE TURF. 



ill The Main, Lord Warwick his filly Selina ; Lord 

 Stawell's Anti-Gallican, by Waxy, as also Lord Jersey's 

 c. by Waxy out of Defiance, took part in the race. 

 Lord Rous ran Hoopoe ; Messrs. Pierse, Wilson, Milner, 

 Payne, Fox, and Lake likewise supplied runners. The 

 odds offered against Sailor were at the rate of 4 to 1. 

 ' There was some even betting between Pindarrie and 

 Sailor a short time before starting.' 



The Duke of Grafton's Ptowena, winner of the One 

 Thousand Guineas, was made favourite for this year's 

 Oaks, but the race was won b3"Lord Egremont's Caro- 

 line, steered to victory by Edwards ; Lord Grosvenor's 

 Bombazine was third, the favourite being awarded 

 second place. ' Won by a length.' There were thirty- 

 nine subscribers. 



'The race (run on Thursday, June 7th) was between 



Gustavus and Reginald; the latter made the play to 



jgoi the distance-post, where Gustavus took the 



Gustavus. lead, and won by about half a length.' 

 Such is a brief narrative of the contest for the Derby 

 of 1821, for which fifty-four horses were nominated, 

 of which thirteen were placed under the starter's 

 charge. The placed horses may be named here in full : 



Mr. Hunter's gr. c. Gustavus, by Election out of Lady Grey 1 

 Duke of Grafton's b. c. Reginald, by Haphazard out of 



Prudence ..-.--..-2 



Mr. Rams>bottom's br. c. Sir Hildebrand, by Octavius out of 



Truth's dam - 3 



S. Day rode the winner, F. Buckle being on the 

 second horse. Gustavus was favourite in the betting, 

 2 to 1 being offered against it at the fall of the flag ; 

 Reginald, despite his victory in the Two Thousand, 



