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obtained fifth place ; Honeycomb, after several dis- 

 appointments, came on with a great show of speed in 

 the end, and got fourth. The Earl of Eglinton, and 

 Fobert, of Spigot Lodge, near Middleham, who trained 

 for his lordship, were sanguine of success on this 

 occasion, having tried the Dutchman to be ten pounds 

 better than his stable companion Elthiron, which was 

 not a mean animal. His lordship, not being a heavy 

 bettor, only won £8,000 in addition to tlie stake, and 

 he had that sum at comparatively little risk, having 

 obtained good odds. Half a dozen members of the 

 Army and Navy Club threw in for the handsome stake 

 of £30,000 between them. Some GIas:jrow gentlemen 

 won each a few thousands, but there is no record of 

 any very heavy wagers being lost or won. Davis, 'the 

 Leviathan,' as he was called, lost over £20,000 on his 

 book ; his sympathies were all with the second horse ; 

 and if Hotspur had won that year's Derby, his bank 

 account would have been swelled to the tune of some 

 £40,000. The Flying Dutchman was in his time a 

 horse of mark and merit. Up to the day on which ho 

 was beaten for the Doncaster Cup by Lord Zetland's 

 Voltigeur, he had proved victorious in ten races, 

 had been allowed to 'walk over' on four occasions, 

 and had placed to Lord Eglin ton's credit a sum of 

 £17,775. 



The great match which was run by these famous 

 horses has taken its place as one of the classic events 

 of the turf. It was on the Knavesmire at the York 

 Spring Meeting of 1851 that The Flying Dutchman 

 and Voltigeur were brought together, in order to deter- 

 mine which was the better horse. The pair are still 



