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named Variation, won the Oaks from Feventeen com- 

 petitors ; Lord Sefton's Moiiche being second, ridden by 

 G. H. Edwards ; whilst Mr. Corbet's Jenny Vertpre, 

 steered by A. Pa vis, was phiced third. Lord Jersey's 

 Charlotte West, winner of the One Thousand, was 

 among the starters. Variation won by two lengths. 

 There were seventy-seven subscribers. Priam, it should 

 be recorded here, ultimately found a home in Virginia. 

 The price for which he was sold was thought at the 

 time to be a big one ; it was 3,500 guineas. 



Of the twenty-three hor.-es which, on May 19th, 



started for the Derby of 1831, more than half belonged 



1831 ^® persons of title, ' the Dukes and Lords 



Spaniel, of the Derby ' being well represented. The 

 King contributed one runner ; the Dukes of Richmond 

 and Grafton had also one each in the field ; Lord 

 Jersey ran two, one of them getting second ; Lords 

 Sligo, Exeter, Verulam, Chesterfield, and Egremont, 

 also furnished each a runner; whilst Lord Lowther 

 supplied the winner. Only two of the runners were 

 placed ; these were '. 



Lord Lowther's b, c. Spaniel, brother to Lapdog, by Whalebone 1 

 Lord Jersey's ch. c. Riddlesworth, by Etuilius out of FiUagree 2 



their respective jockeys being W. Wheatly and H. 

 Edwards. Chifney had two in the race. Mr. S. Day 

 ran Caleb, by Waterloo. Among the other subscribers 

 who contributed to the field were Mr. Cooke, Mr. Beards- 

 worth, Mr. Rush, Mr. Petre, Mr. Thornhill, Mr. Vau- 

 sittart, and Sir R. W. Bulkeley. Spaniel started at 

 the very remunerative odds of 50 to 1, odds of 6 to 4 



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