3^2 THE BLUE RIBBON OF THE TURF. 



being first favourite, Lord Lyon, as a matter of course, 

 was the idol of most of the prophets and tipsters/ which 

 meant that these gentlemen then, as now, were in the 

 habit of following the money. Westwood, Vespasian, 

 Strathconan, and Monarch of the Glen were among the 

 twenty-six runners. There were 274 subscribers in 

 Lord Lyon's year. 



Tormentor, the property of Mr. B. E. Dunbar, won 

 the Oaks, the rider being J. Mann, Mr. Merry's Mirella 

 being second, and the Duke of Beaufort's Ischia third. 

 There were 175 subscribers, and seventeen fillies came 

 to the starting-post. 



Hermit's Derby was in some respects the most 



sensational of all the long series of these races. The 



18G7. horse, starting with the wonderful odds of 



Hermit, -yi)^ to 1 against him, won, just by a nook, 

 one of the most excitirg races ever known, being 

 remarkably well ridden by J. Daley, thus enabling 

 Mr. Chaplin to win the Derby at the third time of 

 asking. The horses placed in this year's race were : 



Mr. Chaplin's ch. c. lieriuit, by Newiiiinster out of Seclusion 1 

 Mr. Merry's ch. c. Marksman, by Dundee out of Shot - - 2 

 Duke of Beaufort's br. c. Vauban, by Muscovite out of Palm 3 

 Duke of Hamilton's b. c. Wild Moor, by Wild Dayrell out of 

 Golden Horn 4 



Messrs. -Saville, Eastwood, and J. Johnstone 

 each ran two. Amongst the horses that ran were 

 Taraban, Tynedale, Van Amburgh, The Rake, The 

 Palmer, Julius, and Uncas. Vauban, winner of the 

 Two Thousand Guineas, ridden by George Fordham, 

 started favourite in Hermit's year, with odds of G to 4 

 against him ; The Palmer, at 7 to 1, was made sccoi d 



