3o6 THE BLUE RIBBON OF THE TURF. 



The judge awarded the prize to the Epsom nag by a 

 length, his advantage over the Grey being four times 

 as great.' 



The best daim to notice Avhich the Derby of 1838 

 can put forth is the fact of the pubhc being, for the 

 first time, carried to Epsom by railway in that year. 

 The accommodation provided at Nine Elms was 

 ntterly inadequate to the numbers who desired to be 

 taken to Epsom, and the arrangements resulted in a 

 partial breakdown; the immense crowd who assembled 

 at the station, impatient to reach the scene of action, 

 carried the place by storm, and impeded the officials. 

 Not till a large body of police, who had been sent for 

 by the authorities, came on the scene could order 

 be restored, or the station be cleared of persons who 

 insisted upon being taken by the railway to see the 

 Derby. At twelve o'clock the carriage resources of 

 the company were exhausted, and a notice was at 

 once issued to the effect that ' no more trains will 

 start this morning.' Hundreds were, of course, 

 terribly disappointed at the breakdown, and had no 

 alternative but to revert to the old modes of con- 

 veyance by carriage of some kind, at a cost of from 

 three shillings to five shillings each. The value of 

 the stakes in 1888 was 4 005 soverei^rns. The race 



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was run on a Wednesday. 



The Oaks of the j-ear fell to the share of Lord 

 Chesterfield by the victory of his br. f Industry, which 

 was ridden by W. Scott. Out of the ninety-seven 

 fillies nominated, fifteen came to the post. In addi- 

 tion to the winner. Lord Chesterfield and Lord Exeter 

 was doubly represented. The Duke of Gral'ton, 



