A CHROXICLE OF THE DERBY. 27c) 



was only second favourite at 4 to 1. The Duke of 

 York ran a b. c. by Walton ; the Duke of Rutland's 

 ch. f. Mandoline, by Waxy, also ran in the race ; Lords 

 Jersey and Exeter likewise supplied runners, as did 

 Mr. Fox, Mr. Duncombe, Mr. Batson and other sports- 

 men. Value of the stakes, 1,675 guineas. 



All the runners in this year's contest for the Oaks 

 seem to have been placed by the judge, but the 

 winner of the One Thousand, the Duke of Grafton's 

 br. f., Zeal, only got fourth — the winner being found 

 in Lord Exeter's Augusta, which, ridden by J. Robin- 

 son, started favourite with orlds of 20 to 11 betted 

 against her ; she made all the running and won very 

 easy, being in front from start to finish of the race. 



Run on May 23rd, this year's race h;is been de- 

 scribed as one of the best which ever took place fur the 

 jgo.2 Derby Stakes. The winner was the pro- 

 Moses, perty of the Duke of York, who had six 

 years previously won with Prince Leopold. The 

 three placed horses were : 



The Duke of York's b. c. Moses, by Whalebone or Seymour 



out of Sister to Castanea, by Gobanna - - - - 1 

 Mr. liogers' b. c. Ficraro, by Haphazard, dam by Selim - - 2 

 Duke of Grafton's ch. c. Hampden, by Rubeus - - - 3 



Goodison rode th.e winner, the odds against him at 

 the start being 11 to 2, 3 to 1 being offered against 

 Hampden, which had been elected favourite. Lords 

 Darlington, Exeter, and Egremont supplied runners, 

 of which there were twelve in all, selected from the 

 fifty-three nominated. The Duke of York's colt led 

 the field nearly the whole of the way, and in the 



