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struggle. The weighing-out of the jockeys for this 

 Derby, we read, was completed by two o'clock, but in 

 consequence of six or seven false starts it was nearly 

 four o'clock before the starter was able to set the lot 

 away on equitable terms. The race Avas won easily by 

 Coronation ; ' by three lengths ' was the verdict of the 

 man in authorit}^ No favourite had won since the 

 victory of Bay Middleton in 1836. The odds offered 

 against the winner were 5 to 2 ; the price of Van 

 Amburgh was 12 to 1. Ralph, winner of the Two 

 Thousand, was second favourite at 5 to 1. In addition 

 to the stake, valued at £4,275, Mr. Rawlinson won 

 £8,000 in bets. Mr. Isaac Day, who had partial 

 charge of the horse, was by far the largest winner 

 over the race. The Duke of Rutland, as also Lords 

 Jersey,' Albemarle, Exeter, and Orford, contributed 

 colts to the field of runners. 



Lord Westminster was more fortunate in the Oaks, 

 which he won by the aid of Ghuznee, ridden by W. 

 Scott. His lordship also supplied a runner in Lam- 

 poon. As in the Derby, the judge seems only to have 

 placed two. Miss Stilton was second in a good field 

 of twenty-two. 



Of the 182 horses nominated for the Derby of 1842, 

 .there came to the starting-post twenty- four. Lord " 

 1842. Westminster again trying his luck by run- 



Attiia. nii^g two of his colts, neither of which * 

 succeeded in attracting the attention of the judge. 

 Only two of the lot were placed ; these were : 



Colonel Anson's b. or br. Attila, by Colwick out of Progress 1 

 Lord Verulam's br. c, Robert De Gorham - - - - 2 



