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Exquisite, the property of ]\Ir. Forth, was awarded 

 second honours. This year a complete Kst of the 

 jockeys is given. A horse called Oaklands, the property 

 of Mr. Rush, might have been placed third. Value of 

 the stakes, 2,G50 sovereigns. 



Out of the seventy-seven subscriptions for the Oaks, 

 fifteen runners started. Victory fell to Lord Exeter's 

 filly Green Mantle. His lordship also had second 

 honours with Varna. Mr. Ridsdale's ClotiJde, which 

 started favourite, is reputed to have been third. Lord 

 G. H. Cavendish's Young Mouse, winner of the One 

 Thousand Guineas, started second favourite. 



Out of the eighty-nine horses entered for the Derby 

 of 1880, run on Thursday, May 27th, twenty-three 

 jg30, came to the post — the value of the stakes 

 Pri.im. being 2,800 sovereigns ; the second horse 

 earning JOO sovereigns. Several of the prominent 

 sportsmen of the day contributed runners to the 

 race, his Majesty being one of the number. The 

 King's horse was Young Orion, by Master Henry, 

 out of Orion's dam. Three of Lord Exeter's horses 

 ran, one of them being Augustus, by Sultan, out of 

 Augusta, the Vv^inner of the Two Thousand. Lords 

 Grosvenor, Egremont, Cleveland, Sligo, Sefton, and 

 G. H. Cavendish also supplied competitors, as did Sir 

 M. Wood (2) and Sir David Baird. The first, second, 

 and third in the race, ridden by Sam Day, S. Temple- 

 man, and John Day, respectively, were : 



Mr. W. Chifney's b. c. Priam, by Emilias out of Cressida - 1 

 Mr. Ridsdale's ch. c. Little Red Rover, by Tramp out of 



Miss Syntax 2 



Lord Exeter's b. c. Mahmoud, by Saltan out of Advance - 3 



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