324 THE BLUE RIBBON OF THE TURF. 



Lord Zetland's br. c. VoUigenr, by Voltaire out of Martha Lyon 1 

 ]\fr. H. Hill's Pitsford, by Epirus - - - - - - '2 



Lord Airlie's br. c. Clincher, by Tuicoman - - - - ?> 



Mr. Gratwicke's bl. c. The Nigger 4 



There also ran the Duke of Richmond's b. c. GhilHe 

 CaUum, Lord Exeter's Nutshell, Count Batthyany's 

 Valentine, Mr. Merry's Brennus, Lord EgUnton's 

 Mavors, Sir G. Heathcote's br. c. by Sir Hercules. The 

 price of the winner at the start was 16 to 1, Clincher 

 having been elected favourite at odds of 4 to 1 against 

 him. A horse named Mildew, the property of Mr. 

 Jaques, was second in favour at 9 to 2, atid although 

 Pitsford had won the Two Thousand, odds of 12 to 1 

 were offered against that horse, which was the mount 

 of A. Day. Butler and Flatman were the riders of 

 the horses which were placed third and fourth. The 

 race proved an easy task for Lord Zetland's horse, who 

 without an effort quitted Clincher, who was with him 

 at the road, and won by a length; Pitsford beat 

 Clincher by half a length, and was placed second. 

 205 subscribers ; value of the stakes, £4,975. Voltigeur 

 v/as in his time considered a grand horse, and 

 possessed a pedigree ( f great merit, being — according 

 to sporting historians — descended from the Godol- 

 phin and the Darley Arabians : * Every one of the 

 thirty-two sires and dams that appear in the pedigree 

 of Voltigeur can be deduced from the horses just 

 named.' In 1874 Voltigeur had to be destroj^ed in 

 consequence of having had his leg broken by a kick 

 from a mare. 



Mr. Hobson's Rhedycina won the Oaks, F. Butler 

 being jockey; Mr. Powney's Kathleen was second. 



