354 THE BLUE RIBBON OF THE TURF. 



The ninety-ninth renewal of the Derby Stakes was 

 jgyg contested by a field of twenty-two horses. 

 Sefton. To the race of 1878 there were 231 sub- 

 scribers. The following were placed : 



Mr. W. S. Crawfurd's b. c. Sefton, by Speculum - - - 1 

 Count F. de Lagrange's bl. c. Iiisulaire - - - - 2 



Lord Falmouth's b. c. Ohilderic - - - - - - 3 



The jockeys of these horses were Constable, Goater, 

 and Archer; the race was won by a length and a half. 

 In the field were Thurio, Attalus, and two of Count 

 de Lagrange's horses, in addition to tlie one placed 

 second, which started favourite with odds of 100 to 80 

 betted as^ainst it. Bonnie Scotland, one of Lord Rose- 

 bery's — his lordship ran two — was second favourite; 

 100 to 12 was laid acjainst Sefton. The value of the 

 race, as given in the ' Book (Calendar,' was £5,825. 



On Friday, June 7th, was run the hundredth Oaks, 

 which Avas secured by Lord Falmouth by the aid of 

 Jannctto, ridden by F. Archer. Pilgrimage, the pro- 

 perty of Lord Lonsdale, was second, and was made 

 favourite m the betting at even money, in consequence, 

 no doubt, of its victory in the Two Thousand and One 

 Thousand Guineas, in the latter of which she beat 

 Jannette by three-quarters of a length. Clementina 

 was third in both races. 212 subsci-ibers; eight ran. 



The one hundredth renewal of the Derby Stakes, run 



on Wednesday, May 28th, was signalized by a circum- 



jgyg stance with which many persons were grati- 



Sir Bevys. fjed : it was the winning of the Derby by 

 George Fordham, atone period the 'chief jockey ' of the 



