A CHRONICLE OF THE DERBY. 2S5 



The Oaks of this year also shows increased numbers, 

 there being seventy-nine entries for the race, and a 

 capital tield of nineteen starters. The Duke oF Rich- 

 mond's Gulnare, by Smolensko out of Medora, by 

 Selim, ridden by F. }3oyce, won by half a length, 

 starting with odds of 1-i to 1 against her. The value 

 of the (Jaks Stakes this year would be 2,450 sovereigns ; 

 the owner of the second horse was paid a hundred 

 sovereifrns. 



A memorable Derby year, resulting, first of all, in a 



dead-heat, and then in tlie victory of Cadland, The 



jj.,,,^ Colonel having to put up with second 



Cadiaud. houours. The competing jockeys were J. 

 Robinson and W. Scott. None, other than the two 

 animals named, had any chance, and they finished 

 * a most beautiful race,' so close together that they 

 could not be separated. Out of the eighty- nine horses 

 nominated, fifteen faced the starter. One of the 

 number fell, his rider being much injured. The 

 Colonel and Cadland started nearly equal favourites 

 in the betting ; the latter, as winner of the Two 

 Thousand Guineas Stakes, had a strong following. 

 ' The sensation caused by the unlooked-for event of a 

 dead-heat for the Derby,' says a commentator on the 

 race, 'did not subside for some time. It being de- 

 cided that the second heat should be run after the 

 race for the Dardans Stakes, betting began anew 

 between The Colonel and Cadland, the former havin<r 

 the call at 6 to 5. Cadland agiiin set off at good 

 sound running, being well looked after by The Colonel, 

 and so they went to the chains, where the latter made 



