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Mr, Gully's ch. c. Pynliiis the First was destined 

 to be the hero of this year's Derby, for 



1846 



Pyrrbus the Avhicli 193 Subscribers had entered, the 

 ^^^*' field numbering twenty-seven horses, three 

 of which, as is the general rule, were placed by the 

 judge, namely : 



Mr. Gully's cb. c. Pyrrhns the First, by Epirus - - - 1 

 Llr. W. Scott's b. c. Sir Tatton Sykes, by Melbourne - - 2 

 General Shubrick's br. c. Brocardo, by Touchstone - - ?* 



S. Day rode the winner for Mr. Gully, Scott rode 

 his own, and a jockey named Holmes was on Brocardo. 

 The race was avou by a neck ; Brocardo was beaten a 

 length by Sir Tatton, who had won the Two Thousand 

 Guineas. Mr. Meiklam's Fancy Boy started favourite 

 with odds of 5 to 1 betted against him ; Pjarhiis the 

 First was made second favourite at 8 to 1, IG to 1 

 against Sir Tatton, 25 to 1 Brocardo. Many of the 

 sportsmen of the period ran their horses in this year's 

 Derby; Sir Joseph Hawley's Humdrum, Mr. Merry's 

 colt by Don Juan, Mr. Ramsey of Barnton's Malcolm, 

 Count Batthyany's Tragical, Lord Eglinton's Sotades, 

 and Colonel Anson's lago being among the starters. 

 The amount of the stakes won by Gull}'^ was £5,500. 

 One of the incidents connected with this year's race 

 was the fining of W. Scott £5 for disobeying orders 

 and using improper language. The Derby now began 

 to be * timed ' ; 2m. 55s. is set down for Pyrrhus the 

 First. 



Mr. Gully had the good fortune to take the double 

 event — Derby and Oaks — the latter being gained by 

 the aid of Mendicant, who had previously won the One 



