302 THE BLUE RIBBON OF THE TURF. 



\ But the ' knowing ' turf men of 1837 asserted that tho 



J odds were all Lombard Street to an orange against 



him. And yet he won the race, his jockey being 

 the G, Edwards of the rhyme, Avho beat Pavis, 

 Conolly, W. Scott, J. Day, S. Chifney and all the 

 / other jockeys who took part in the race. Finding, 



/ the night before the Derby, that the horse was lame, 



his trainer went to his owner to know what was to 

 be done ; the orders given were laconic, but to the 

 point : * Run — I always run.' Only two of the seven- 

 teen horses which composed the field seem to have 

 attracted the attention of the judge. These were : 



Lord Berners' b. c. Phosphorup, by Lamplighter out of 

 Cameron's dam ......--1 



Lord Suffield's br. c. Caravan, by Camel out of Wings - - 2 



/ Three of the other runners were each named as being 



third, two of which were in the ownership of Lord 

 Exeter ; these were Hibiscus and Dardanelles ; Mr. 

 Osbaldes"':on's Mahomedan was the other claimant for 

 place honours. Still another horse was supplied by 

 i.ord Exeter in Troilus, by Priam, out of Green 

 Mantle. One of the animals which helped to swell 

 the field, Pegasus, by Shakespeare out of Isabella, 

 was ridden by a bootmaker of the name of Barclay, 

 who, for a non-professional, made a reasonable figure 

 up to a <;evtain point. At the third trial a good start 

 was effected, and after ' the usual ups and downs,' 

 Phosphcrus landed the race in the last three or four 

 strides, the struggle at the conclusion being quite 

 equal in interest and severity to that witnessed between 

 Mundio- and Ascot in the race of 1835. There 

 were nominated for this year's 'Blue Ribbon' 131 



