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The nominations this year were less by four than in 



1831, still leaving the number above the hundred, which 



1830 shows that the race had at last become a 



St. Giles. i^y.[ event of considerable importance. Mr. 

 Piidsdale in 1832 ran first and third, his confederate, Mr. 

 Gully, being placed fourth by means of his horse Mar- 

 grave, which was destined to win the St. Leger of the 

 same 3^ear. Of the 101 nominated, twenty-two 

 came to the post, the following three being placed by 

 the judge: 



Mr. Ridsdale's ch. c. St. Giles, by Tramp out of Arcot Laes, 

 by Ardrossan ---------1 



Mr. Vansittart's ch. c. Perion, by Whis-ker out of Darioletta - 2 

 Mr. Ridsdale's ch. c. Trustee, by Catton out of Emma - • 3 



W. Scott was the jockey who rode the winner, and 

 F. Boyce and G. Edwards were on the second and 

 third horses. Lords Exeter and Lowther ran each two 

 horses in the race ; Lords Chesterfield, Mountcharles, 

 Worcester, Portarlington, and Oxford also supplied 

 runners, as did Sir G. Heathcote, W. Chifney, and Mr. 

 Forth. St. Giles started favourite, with odds of 3 to 1 

 against it, 5 to 1 Perion, 6 to 1 Margrave, and 25 to 1 

 against Trustee, who ran a remarkably good race, 

 being only half a length astern of Perion at the finish; 

 but in the end, after much shifting about, St. Giles 

 took the race by a length and a half, the verdict being 

 ' won easily.' Peiram, Lord Exeter's horse, was at one 

 time favourite for the race, and was greatly liked, but 

 before the start his figure in the price current was 20 

 to 1. According to a turf writer, St. Giles was 'one 

 of the fastest racers ever seen for the Derby, and a 

 proud triumph for the north country, their horses 



