330 THE BLUE RIBBON OF THE TURF. 



of Lord John Scott, Lord Glasgow, Lord Cli;den, and 

 other sportsmen. One of the competitors. Nettle, 

 ridden by Marlow, fell, her jockey's leg being broken 

 in consequence. 1G2 subscribers. 



Three of the horses which ran in this year's Two 



Thousand reappeared in the Derby, Yellow Jack being 



1856. second in both events. Fazzoletto, the 



Eiiiugton, property of Lord Derby, who won ' the 

 Guineas,' although he started favourite for the ' Blue 

 Kibbon/ only attained the barren honour of being 

 fourth. The placings, as given by Weatherby, were 

 as follows : 



Admiral Harcourt's br. c. Ellington, by The Flying Dutchman 1 

 Mr. Howard's ch. c. Yellow Jack, by Irish Birdcatcher - - 2 

 Lord John Scotl's b. c. Cannobie, by Melbourne - - - 3 

 Lord Derby's b. c. Fazzoletto, by Orlando - - - - 4 



Aldcroft rode the winner; the jockeys of the other 

 three were Wells, R. Sherwood, and Flatman. j\lr. 

 Howard and Lord John Scott had each a couple of 

 colts in the race; Mr. Gratwicke also ran two of his. 

 The betting at the start was as follows : 5 to 2 against 

 Fazzoletto, 7 to 2 against Mr. Fitzwilliam's Wentworth 

 (ridden by A. Day), 6 to 1 against Cannobie, and 

 15 to 1 against Yellow Jack ; the price of Ellington, 

 the winner, being 20 to 1. There were 211 nomina- 

 tions, of which twenty-four appeared at the starting- 

 post. Value of the stakes, £5,875. A veiy brief 

 account of the race is narrated as follows : ' Won by 

 a length ; half a length between second and third.' 



Mincepie, by Sweetmeat, the property of Mr. H. Hill, 

 won the Oaks of 1856, to which there were 135 sub- 



