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came to the post, the victorious one being Mr. J. 

 Scott's Songstress, by Irish Birdcatcher ; Bird-on-the- 

 Wing, another Irish Birdcatcher, was second ; whilst 

 Gossamer, another of the same breed, was third. 

 F. Butler, S. Rogers and Job Marson were the 

 respective jockeys of the first three in this year's 

 Oaks. The winner was bred by John Scott, the 

 cslebrated trainer. The value of the Oaks won by 

 her was £3,145. 



West Australian, one of the few wearers of the 

 equine triple crown, ridden by F. Butler, and starting 



with odds of G to 4 laid against his chance, 

 West Austra- placed the great race of the year to the 



credit of Mr. Bowes, beating twenty-seven 

 opponents, and winning very easily, as a reference to 

 AN'eatherby shows. The judge placed the first four 

 as follows ; 



Mr. Eowp.s' b. c West Australian, by Melbourne out of 



Mowerna ..--.----1 



Duke of Bedford's ch. c. Sittingbourno, by Chatham - - 2 

 Mr. Powney's b. c. Cincas, by Touchstone or Epirus - - ii 

 Mr. Ho v\ aid's ch. c. Rataplan, by The Baron - - - 4 



Baron Rothschild's Orestes, Lord Londesburgh's Tho 

 Mayor, Count Batthyanj^'s Stone Plover ; Lords Exeter, 

 Derby, Clifden, Glasgow and Eglinton also contributed 

 horses to the field. Mr. Surtees' Honeywood started 

 second favourite at C to 1, but was not placed ; 8 to 1 

 Avas betted against Sittingbourno (second in the Two 

 Thousand Gunieas), 20 to 1 against Cincas, and 30 to 1 

 against Rataplan. 194 subscribers; value of the 

 stakes, £4,450. The ' West ' was bred by Mr. Bowes in 

 1850, and was from the beginning considered a horso 



