3oS THE BLUE RIBBON OF THE TURF. 



was taken to the winner was that the ' Calendar ' and 

 ' Stud-Book ' differed as to his pedigree, the 'Calen- 

 dar's ' description being by Mulatto, whilst the * Stud- 

 Book ' gave it as by Tramp or Mulatto. T!ie objection 

 was overruled by the Stewards of Epsom Races. Mr. 

 Craven was not satisfied, and, being determined to go 

 to law about the matter, gave notice to the stake- 

 holders not to pay the stakes to Mr. Ridsdale. There 

 was great confusion in consequence among backers 

 and layers, but, to raalce a long story short, when the 

 cause at length came to trial, the verdict was in 

 agreement with that of the stewards. In writing of 

 the race and its troubles, a critic of the event said of 

 Bloomsbury : ' He was a most fortunate horse, though 

 almost unfortunate to his owners and backers. He 

 won the Derby and a lawsuit ; he caused the non- 

 settlement of a settlement ; he embroiled Lords and 

 Commons, enriched poor men, impoverished wealth, 

 and made all the world stare when their eyes were 

 opened.' Although only two of the twenty-one runners 

 were placed, those who saw the race had no difhculty 

 in spotting the animals which came in third and 

 fourth, namely, Mr. Thornhill's Euclid and Colonel 

 Peel's Dey of Algiers. The first and second were : 



Mr. W. Ridsdale's b. c. Bloomsbury, by Mulatto - - - 1 

 Mr. Fulwar Craven's b. f. Deception, by Defence out of 

 Lady Stumps - ..- - . - . . -2 



The respective jockeys were S. Templeman and 

 Trenn. Lord Jersey ran two of his ; Lords West- 

 minster, Exeter, and Albemarle also contributed to 

 the field. Lord Lichfield's Corsair, winner of the 

 Two Thousand, also faced the starter. Long descriptions 



