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for his horse, which was allowed by the judge. Musjid 

 was fovourite in the betting, the odds being quoted at 

 9 to 4 against him ; the quotation against Promised 

 Land was 7 to 2. Value of the stakes, £5,400, 

 Musjid, it may be mentioned, was bought by Sir 

 Joseph as a two-year-old, at Tickhill, for a very small 

 sum ; but the Lord of Kingsclere won a large amount 

 of money by his victory. 



Lord Londesboro's br. f. Summerside, by West 

 Australian, won the Oaks, beating fourteen opponents, 

 George Fordham being the rider. Scent was second, 

 Wild Rose third, and Mayonnaise, winner of the One 

 Thousand, fourth. There were 168 subscribers, and 

 the winner won by half a length. 



Custance, on Thormanby, won this year's race for Mr. 

 jggo_ Merry, having a field of twenty-nine horses 

 Thormanby. behind him, there having been 224 entries. 

 Four were placed by the judge : 



Mr. Merry's ch. c. Thormanby, by Melbourne or Windbound - 1 



Mr. Nichols' b. c. The Wizard, by West Australian - - 2 



Captain Christie's b. c. Horror, by Wild Dayrell - - - 3 



Count F. de Lagrange's ch. c. Danger, by Fitz-Gladiator - 4 



The Wizard, which had won the Two Thousand, 

 was made favourite, 3 to 1 being laid against him ; 4 to 

 1 against Thormanby was the price of the winner. 

 Mr, Merry had two strings to his bow that year — 

 Northern Light, by Chanticleer, running, for him. Sir 

 Joseph Hawley also ran a couple of his horses. Lord 

 Palmerston had a try with Mainstower, and Lords 

 Stamford, Strathmore, Derby, Portsmouth, Glasgow, and 

 Zetland also supplied runners, as did Baron Rothschild. 



