3!o THE BLUE RIBBON OF THE TURF. 



the race. The colts of Lords Albemarle, Kelbiirne, 

 Orford, and Jersey, also helped to swell the field. Mr. 

 Houldsworth and Sir G. Heathcote also supplied 

 runners. The start was somewhat protracted by a 

 break-away, but in the end Little Wonder came in 

 victorious by fully half a length. The value of the 

 stakes, after making the usual deductions, was £3,775. 

 The winner's figure in the betting was 20 to 1, the 

 favourite being Launcelot at odds of 9 to 4 against. 



Lord George Bentinck's celebrated filly Crucifix, the 

 winner of the Two Thousand Guineas, ridden by John 

 Day, sen., won the Oaks, beating a field of fifteen ; Mr. 

 Payne's Welfare was second, her rider being Nat Flat- 

 man ; a filly named Teleta was third. Lord George 

 also ran his filly by Glencoe out of Victoria, with odds 

 of 5 to 4 laid on her. The same filly, ridden by his 

 Derby jockey, won the Oaks in a field Avhich numbered 

 thirteen. There were 130 subscribers to that year's 

 race. 



In the big field (the largest ever yet seen for the 

 Derby) of twentj'-nine horses — the entries numbered 

 jg.^j 154 — the recipient of the 'Blue Ribbon' in 

 Coronation. J 34]^ ^yas Mr.'Rawliuson, who won the race 

 by the aid of his br. c. Coronation, which was ridden 

 by P. Conolly. Two only out of the field were placed 

 — namely : 



Coronation, by Sir Hercules out of Ruby - - - - 1 

 Lord Westminster's b. c. Van Amburgh - - - - 2 



As will be seen. Lord Westminster was again second. 

 He ran two in the race, and made a declaration to win 

 with Marshal Soult, which was beaten early in the 



