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ridden by A. Day; Mr. Gratwicke's Conn' ess was 

 placed third. This j'ear there were 128 subscribers, 

 and fifteen of the fillies entered came to the post. 



The value of the Derby Stakes of 1851, won by 



Sir Joseph Hawley's Teddington, to which there 



1S51. were 192 subscribers, was £5,325. The 



Teddington f^Q\^ numbered thirty-three in all, of whicli 



the following four were placed by the judge : 



Sir J. Hawley's ch. c. Teddington, by Orlando out of Miss 

 Twickenham ---------1 



Mr. J Clark's br. c. Marlborough Buck, by Venison - - 2 

 ]\[r. Wilkinson's br, c. IVeasham, by Hetman Plato If » - .'5 

 Lord Enfield's br. c. Hernandez, by Pantaloon - - - 4 



These four were ridden respectively by Marson, 

 Whitehouse, Holmes and Mann. Behind the placed 

 ones were another of Sir Joseph's, The Bass ; two of 

 Lord Eglinton's horses, Bonnie Dundee and Hippo- 

 lytus ; Sir R. Pigot ran two; Mr. Merry's Napoleon 

 helped to swell the field ; Baron Rothschild also 

 supplied a runner, as did Lords Exeter, Enfield, and 

 Chesterfield. The betting was 3 to 1 airainst Ted- 

 dington, 7 to 2 against Marlborough Buck. Tho 

 favourite won in a canter by two lengths, beating 

 more horses than had ever before ran in the Derby. 

 The secret of Teddington's probable success was well 

 kept, and a pot of money was landed by the ' lucky 

 baronet.' 



Lord Stanley's Iris won the Oaks (the jockey being 

 r. Butler), beating Lord John Scott's iliserrima, Mr. 

 Gratwicke's Hesse Hombutg, and twelve others, by 

 three-quarters of a length. 131 subscribers. The 



