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was ever arrived at ; but many suppositions, some of 

 them ugly enough, have from time to time been made. 

 In 1870 the field numbered fifteen hor.Des, of which, as 

 usual, three Avere placed, these being : 



Lord Falmouth's b, c. Kingcraft, by King Tom - - - 1 

 ]Mr. W. S. Crawford's br. c. Paluierston - - - - 2 



Lord Wilton's bl. c. Muster - - - - - - -3 



The race was won by four lengths, T. French riding. 

 MacGregor, ridden by George Fordham, only obtained 

 the fourth place ; Mr. Joseph Dawson ran two horses, 

 King o' Scots and Camel. Lord Stamford's Normanby, 

 second in the Guineas, also ran ; the third in the 

 Guineas was Kinj^craft. The bettinsr at the start was 

 9 to 4 on- MacGregor, 20 to 1 against Kingcraft. 

 Muster does not seem to have had a quotation. Two 

 hundred and fifty-two subscribers ; value of the 

 stakes, £6,175. 



Fordham rode the winner of the Oaks, Games, the 

 property of Mr. G. Jones, which won by a length from 

 Mr. Merry's Sunshine, Mr. England's Pate being third. 

 Mr. Joseph Dawson's Hester was made favourite at even 

 money ; the price of Gamos was 12 to 8. One hundred 

 and eighty-seven subscribers ; seven started. 



This was ' The Baron's year,' and there were many 



who took advantage of the advice given to ' follow The 



187J Baron,' who this year won the Derby, Oaks, 



Favonius. gt_ Lcgcr, and Cesarewitch, as well as some 

 other races of lesser value. A felicitous name was 

 chosen for the Zephyr colt when it was called 

 Favonius. In 1871 there was a dead h'jat for 



