A CHRONICLE OF THE DERBY. 28 3 



Pastime was placed second in a field of ten, and the 

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

 Thousand Guineas, was only the recipient of third 

 honours. General Grosvenor also ran the Brownie ; 

 the Dukes of York and llutland had also runners in 

 the race. There were fifty subscribers to the Oaks of 

 1825. 



Nineteen (one more than in the preceding 3'ear) 



out of the fifty-seven horses nominated for the race 



2306 came to the starting-post, only two of 



Lapdog. the number, however, being placed by the 

 judge — namely : 



Lord Egremont's b. c. Lapdog, brother to Twatty, by VVliale- 

 bone (riddun bj' G. Dockera}) - - - - - 1 



Mr. West's br. c. S'lakespeare, by bmulensko out of Charmiiif^ 

 Molly 2 



His Grace the Duke of Grafton ran two of his horses 

 • — namely, Dervise, winner of the Two Thousand, and 

 Dollar; Lord Exeter was also doubly represented in 

 the race, his horses being Tiriiilleur and Hobgoblin. 

 The other runners were the property of gentlemen 

 whose names have been given as running horses in 

 some of the preceding races. On May 25th, the day 

 of the race, there fell an incessant downpour of rain, 

 which threw a damper on the proceedings. At the 

 starting-post 30 to 1 was offered against the winner, 

 but the race was won cleverly enough by a length. 

 Mr. Forth's Premier started favourite at 3 to 1 offered 

 against it. Value of the stakes, 1,800 sovereigns — the 

 entry- money having been changed this year from 

 guineas to pounds. 



