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Mr. Ton Brocck's Umpire, wliicli was causelessly ob- 

 jected to by Mr. John Wyatt, the owner of Nutwith, 

 also ran. Captain Little, Sir Charles Monck, and Mr. 

 I'Anson were also represented in the Derby of 18G0. 

 French had the mount on the second horse, Chal- 

 loner being on Horror. The value of the stakes in 

 Thormanby's year amounted to £G,850. 



Mr. Eastwood's Butterfly won the Oaks of 18G0, and 

 was followed home by Avalanche, Contadina, Rupee, 

 and other nine runners. The winner was steered to 

 victory by James Snowden, Wells having the mount 

 on the second, L. Snowden riding the third. The 

 race was won by half a length. There were 158 

 subscribers. 



• The opinion of all who witnessed this year's Derby 

 jggj was that, had not Mr. Merry's Dundee 



Kettledrum, broken down just as victory was within his 

 grasp, he would have been returned the winner of 

 the great race ; as it happened, running on three 

 legs, he was beaten by a length for the premiership. 

 The placings were as follows : 



Colonel Towneley's ch. c. Kettledrum, by Rntaplan - - 1 



Mr. Merry's b. c. Dundee, by Lord of the Isl^s - - - 2 



Lord Stamford's ch. c. Diophantus, by Orlando - - - 3 



Mr. Hamilton's b. c. Aurelian, by Stockwell - - - - 4 



Bullock, Custance, A. Edwards, and J. Goater were 

 the respective riders of the placed horses. There were 

 236 entries and eighteen runners. Diophantus, which 

 had placed the Two Thousand Guineas to the credit of 

 his noble owner, was nearly as good a favourite at the 

 start as Dundee, their respective prices being 3 to 1 

 and 4 to 1. The odds quoted against the winner at 



