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tlie period, ' resulted in a dead-lieat between Mr. 

 Lupin's Enguerraiide,by Yermout.and LordFalraoulli's 

 Camelia, and the first-named, having wallced over, was 

 considered the winner, but the stakes were divided.' 

 The winner was ridden by Hudson, Glover having the 

 mount on Camelia. There were 164- subscribers, and 

 the field comprised fourteen horses. 



Silvio, the property of Lord Falmouth, by the aid 

 of F. Archer — now started on his career as an able and 

 1S77 prosperous jocke}' — won this year's Derby 

 savio. by half a length. There were 245 sub- 

 scribers, and seventeen horses came to the starting- 

 post, of which four were placed by the judge; these 

 were : 



Lord Falmo'ith's b. c. Silvio, by B'air Athol . - » - 1 

 Mr. W. S. IVIitchell Innes's b. c. Glen Artbur - - - 2 

 Mr. J. T. Jlackenzie's cb. c. Rob Roy - - - - - 3 

 Mr. W. Bevill's b. c. Rhidoroch 4 



Other runners were Thunderstone, Chamant, Don 

 Carlos, and Touchet. Rob Roy was elected favourite 

 in the betting, with odds of 3 to 1 offered against him ; 

 the price of the wmner was 100 to 9. Weatherby 

 gives the value of the race at £6,050, but, according 

 to Cocker, the amount should be £6,550 ; a sum of 

 £450 deducted for second and third would therefore 

 leave £6,100 to the winner. 



The ninety-ninth race for the Oaks fell to JMr. 

 Pulteney's Placide, ridden by H, Jeffrey, Belphoebe 

 second, Muscatel third. Lady Golightly and five 

 others ran, including Lord Wilton's Quickstep. The 

 race was won by threc-auarters of a lenoth. 



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