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den, beat twelve opponents and won the Oaks ; Bonnie 

 Maiden second, War- Horn third. Versign}^ was made 

 favourite at G to 5. 187 subscribers. Won easily by- 

 four lenfTths. 



This may be called the American year, and when 



the made-up word ' Iropertow,' denoting, as per 



1881 arrangement, the iirst three in the race, 



Iroquois, -yyas received in New York, the rejoicing in 

 s])ortin2f circles was somethinsf wonderful to behold. 

 The word is composed of the first three letters of the 

 names of the tirst three horses in the race ; these were • 



Mr. P. Lorillard's br. c. Iroquois, by Leamiagtoa - - - 1 

 Mr. Grosvenor's br. c. Peregrine - - - - - - 2 



Lord Rosebery's b. c. Town Moor - - - - - - 3 



In addition to these there were among the starters 

 Prince Soltykoffs Scobell, Mr. T. Gretton's Geologist, 

 Lord Rosebery's Voluptuary, Mr. Keene's Don Fulano, 

 Mr. Lefevre's Tristan, and eight other horses belong- 

 ing to various owners, so that the field comprised six- 

 teen animals, Iroquois winning the race by half a 

 length. The American horse was ridden by F. Archer, 

 Webb and Lemaire riding second and third respec- 

 tively. Peregrine, as winner of the Two Thousand, 

 was made favourite in the Derby betting, the quota- 

 tion beinor 6 to 5 against him ; 1 1 to 2 was laid against 

 Iroquois, which was second in the Guineas ; Geologist 

 was next in demand, whilst 25 to 1 was laid against 

 Town Moor. For this year's Derby there were 242 

 subscribers, the value of the stakes being £5,925. 



Furdham this year rode the winner of the Oaks, 



