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lot were the colts of Lord Westmoreland, who sent two 

 to the post, as did Lord Glasgow, his lordship's second 

 horse beinof Strafford. Mr. H. Hill's Ackworth and 

 Copenhagen also ran. Mr. Naylor helped the field 

 with two of his, whilst Mr, Ten Broeck and Sir Joseph 

 Hawley were also represented. Mr. Hodgman, Sir F. 

 Johnstone, Mr. Saville, and other good patrons of the 

 turf, sent their horses to the starting-post. At one 

 j)oint of the struggle it was thought that General Peel 

 had the race at his mercy, and loud cries Avent up of 

 ' Lord Glasi^ow wins !' but the winner was not lonsf 

 left in doubt, as IJlair Athol, who had been ridden 

 hard all along the line, won easily enough in the end 

 by two lengths, the General having ' tired to nothing ' 

 some little distance from home. The betting was as 

 follows : 9 to 2 against Scottish Chief, 5 to 1 against 

 General Peel (winner of the Two Thousand), 11 to 2 

 afjainst Birch Broom, 7 to 1 ao;ainst Cambuscan, and 

 13 to 1 as^ainst Blair Athol. Net value of the stakes, 

 £6,450. Mr. Jackson was reputed at the time to have 

 won £30,000 by the victory of Blair Athol, whilst he 

 also stood to win £20,000 if General Peel had proved 

 successful. Mr. PAnson, in addition to the stakes, took 

 less than £10,000 out of the ring. No bis^ sums were 

 won, but the public won largely in little amounts. 

 Some patrons of the stable, indeed, were under the 

 impression the horse would not start ! Blair Athol 

 had never appeared to run on a racecourse till the 

 day he won the Derby. He was considered one of the 

 three best animals of his time, and it was hoped that 

 he would earn a great reputation at the stud, at which, 

 however, he proved a failure, 



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