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starting were IG to 1. York Minster ran for Mr. 

 Townley ; Mr. Merry's horse, Russley, also ran ; and 

 Count de Lagrange, Lord Glasgow, Lord Stamford, 

 and Sir Joseph Hawley were likewise represented in 

 the race. Value of the stakes, £6,3-50. 



Nemesis, the winner of the One Thousand Guineas, 

 was made favourite for the Oaks, along with Fair- 

 water, but the ' Garter ' of the year fell to Mr. Saxon, 

 by the aid of his filly Brown Duchess, which, ridden 

 by Luke Snowden, won the race by a neck. Mr, 

 Harrison's Lady Ripon was second, and Fairwater 

 third. Lords Ailesbury, Chesterfield, and Stamford 

 were represented in the race, as also Baron Rothschild 

 and Count de Lagrange. There were 171 subscribers, 

 and the field embraced seventeen starters. 



' Forty to one against Caractacus ' was on offer on 

 the 4th day of June, 1862, the Marquis, winner of 

 jg^^o the Two Thousand, and Mr. Merry's Buck- 

 Caractacus. stonc, being respectively first and second 

 favourites at odds of 5 to 2 and 100 to 30 against 

 their chances. The following are the names of the 

 first four : 



Mr. Snewing's b. c. Caractacus, by Kingston - - - - x 



Mr. S. Hawke's b. c. The Marquis, by Stockwell - - - 2 



Mr. Merry's br. c. Buckstone, by Voltigeur - - - - 3 



Mr. Jackson's br. c. Neptuuus - - - - - - 4 



The jockeys, in their order, were J. Parsons, Ashmall, 

 n. Grimshaw, and Bullock. There were thirty-four 

 runners, among the lot being three of Lord Glasgow's 

 unnamed ones ; Sir J. Hawley ran two of his colts. 

 Argonaut and St. Alexis ; Mr. Parr also had two in 

 the field ; Mr. Merry, in addition to Buckstone, ran 



