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Betting : 2 to 1 Grey Momus, 7 to 2 Cobham, 7 to 

 1 Phoenix, 8 to 1 D'Egville. 13 to 1 Young Eovvton, 

 25 to 1 Early Bird. 30 to 1 Amato, 1,000 to 15 

 "Bretby, 1,000 to 15 Dadalus, Constantine, and the 

 Scurry colt jointly. 



' The race was appointed to be rim at two o'clock, 

 but, what with delay amongst the jockeys and two or 

 three false starts, the clock had struck three before 

 the horses were off. Even then the start was so 

 unsatisfactory that several half stopped their horses. 

 Young Rowton was pulled up after running to the 

 first post, and the Surprise colt was left behind 

 altogether. It is strange that this bungling work 

 occurs only at Epsom. Finding that the flag was 

 down, Bretby went away at a very good pace, followed 

 by Amato, Grey Momus, and Tom, with Phoenix, Ion, 

 Conservator, Daedalus, D'Egville, and Cobham well u•^), 

 the latter lying inside. Albemarle, who had a bad 

 start, soon joined this lot. They observed this order 

 up the hill, at the top of which Bretby declined and 

 fell into the rear. The Grey then took the lead, 

 which he kept to the turn. Phoenix, who had run 

 well to this point, tired and gave up, so also did 

 D'Egville ; Constantine, Cobham, and others having 

 shut up long before. On making the turn, Amato 

 shot by the Grey, and increased the pace tre- 

 mendously, the Grey following, Tom still up, and 

 Ion just beginning to emerge from the ruck of beaten 

 horses. Amato had made the Grey safe directly he 

 took up the running, and although Ion made a 

 des[)erate effort for victory half-way up the distance, 

 It was with no other result than to get second place. 



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