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victory by Jockey Norman ; Mr. Kenny's Wild Agnes 

 was second, and Baron Rothschild's Zephyr ran third. 

 Regalia, with odds of 20 to 1 betted against her, won, 

 •hands down,' by ten lengths. There were 197 sub- 

 scribers and eighteen starters, the net value of the 

 stakes being £5,300. 



"With odds of 6 to 5 on him, Lord Lyon Avon the 

 Derby Stakes in 1866. the richest of all the races ibr 

 1866 '^^^ ' Blue Ribbon ' that had yet been run, 

 LordLj-on. ^\^q j^q^ value of the stakes having been 

 £7,350. The owner, Mr. Sutton, won, it was said at 

 the time, £58,000 in bets, part of that sum being the 

 £10,000 to £100 which he took when the horse was a 

 yearling. Mr. Sutton was also in this happy position, 

 that had his own horse lost the race and Rustic 

 won, he would have landed £17,000, whilst the one 

 that was placed second would have brought him half 

 that sum : by each of the others he stood to win 

 £7,000. Lord Lyon had previously won the Two 

 Thousand. The horses placed were : 



Mr. R. Sutton's b. c. Lord Lyon, by Stockwell out of 

 Paraclitjm ...-..-.-1 



Lord Ailesbury's cb. c. Savernake, by Stockwell out of Bribery 2 



Duke of Beaufort's cb. c. Rustic, by Stockwell out of Village 

 Lass .....--_.-, 3 



Lord Exeter's Knight of tbe Crescent, by Knight of St. Patrick -i 



Mr. Bowes ran a horse, of which Stockwell was 

 also the sire, whilst five ' Newminstcr ' horses took 

 part in the race. Custance rode the winner, and is 

 described as havinfj won * one of the moct excitincj 

 and punishing races ever witnessed, by a head only.' 

 O.ie of the racing papers of the date states that, ' from 



