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8 to 1 King Tom, 20 to 1 Early Bird. Value of the 

 stakes, £6,100. 



Mincemeat, the property of Mr. Cookson, won the 

 Oaks, steered to victory by Charlton. Lord Derby's 

 Meteora was second, Lord Bruce's Bribery third. There 

 were 156 subscribers, and tifteen fillies came to the 

 starting-post. Meteora, which had gained second place 

 in the One Thousand, started favourite with odds of 

 6 to 4 071. 



1855. Twelve horses only started for the 



WiidDayreii. Perby of 1855, the following four of 

 which were placed : 



Mr. F. L. Popham's br. c. Y/ild D.ivrell, by Ion or.t of Ellen 



Middletun . . . -" 1 



Mr. H. Hill's br. c. Kingstown, by Tearaway - - - 2 



Mr. Merry's Lord of the Isles, by Touchstone - - - 3 



Mr. Adkin's b. c. Flatterer, by Hetman Plato ffi - - - -i 



The other runners were Rylstone, Courtency, Strood, 

 Little Brownie, The Cave Adullam, Dirk Hatteraick, 

 Corobeus, and Lord Alfred. '\ he jockey who rode 

 the winner, R. Sherwood, is now in business as a most 

 prosperous trainer at Newmarket. The race was Avon 

 by two lengths. Although Lord of the Isles had won 

 the Two Thousand Guineas, Wild Dayrell was made 

 favourite at even money; 7 to 4 against Lord of the 

 Isles, 12 to 1 Kingstown, 20 to 1 Flatterer, who is 

 described as being a very bad fourth. 191 subscribers ; 

 value of the stakes, £5,075. 



Mr. Rudstone Read's iilarchioness, by Melbourne 

 out of Cinzelli, ridden by Templeman, won the Oaks 

 of the period by half a length, followed home by 

 Blooming Heather and nine other fillies, the property 



