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filly, broke her leg, and was destroyed. Sir Joseph 

 sold Blue Gown to the Prussians for £7,000. During 

 his three-year-old career the horse had won £10,000 

 for his owner in stakes alone, includin-jf, of course, the 

 Derby, the fourth of the series which fell to the 

 Kingsclere breeder. Blue Gown was trained by Mr. 

 John Porter. 



The Oaks of 1868 fell to Formosa, ridden by G. 

 Fordham. Lady Coventry ran into second place, 

 J. Daley being her rider. Athena, the property of 

 Mr. Padwick, was placed third. Lady Elizabeth was 

 also among the starters, but not one of the eight fillies 

 was able to keep Formosa out of the first place, which 

 she gained by ten lengths. There were 215 sub- 

 scribers, and the stakes amounted to a sum of 

 £5,4.50. 



Starting ' first favourite ' for the Derby of this year, 

 and ridden by John Osborne, Pretender, winner of the 

 1869. Two Thousand Guineas, beat Sir Joseph 

 Pretender. Hawley's Pero Gomez by a liead, and by so 

 doing secured the 'Blue Ribbon ' for Mr. Johnstone. 

 Many persons, however, would not accept the verdict 

 of the judge, maintaining that Pero Gomez had won; 

 and Avhcn that horse won the St. Leger, in which 

 Pretender was not in the first three, the usual cry of 

 ' Didn't I tell you that ?' was everywhere heard. The 

 three placed horses were : 



Mr. J. Johnstone's br. c. Pretender, by Adventurer - - 1 

 Sir J. Hawley's br. c. Pero Gomez - - - - - 2 



Mr. G. Jones's b. c. The Drummer - - - - - 3 



Wells and Morris rode the second and third. 



