356 THE BLUE RIBBON OF THE TURF. 



the more sensational of these races, seeing that the 

 jggg horse was objected to on the ground that 

 Bend Or. j^g vvas not the horse he was represented to 

 be either in the entry or at the time of the race ; and 

 so there arose what was known at the time as a ' Bend 

 Or scare,' and there are many who still beheve, not- 

 withstanding the decision of the stewards, that Bend 

 Or was a changeling. The decision of the stewards 

 was worded as follows : ' We, as stewards of Epsom, 

 unanimously decide that the chestnut colt Bend Or, 

 which came in first for the Derby of 1 880, is by Don- 

 caster out of Rouge Rose, and therefore the objection 

 lodged by Messrs. Brewer and Blanton is overruled.' 

 Additional particulars of the Bend Or fright will be 

 found on another page. The following were among 

 the runners : 



Duke of Westminster ch. c. Eend Of, by Doncastcr - - 1 



Mr. C. Brewer's Robert the Devil 2 



Prince Soltjkoff's ch. c. Mask - - - - - - 3 



F. Archer rode the winner. Muncaster also ran for 

 the Duke of Westminster, and two of Lord Rosebery's 

 horses helped to swell the field ; Mr. R. Jardine ran 

 Teviotdale ; Cylinder and Apollo also ran. The winner 

 started favourite with odds of 2 to 1 betted against him. 

 Yon Der Tann, the property of Lord Calthorpe, was 

 second favourite at 100 to 15 against ; Robert the 

 Devil's price in the quotations was 7 to 1. 256 

 subscribers ; nineteen starters. Value, £0,375. The 

 race was won by a head. 



Jenny Howlet, the property of Mr. Perkins, starting 

 with odds of 33 to 1 against her, and ridden by Snow- 



