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150 subscribers, the value of the stakes being £3,375. 

 * Won by two lengths.' 



Eleven horses only came to the post on AVednesday, 

 iggg May 24th, although the entries numbered 

 St. Blaise. 215, and the value of the race was £5,150. 

 The first three were : 



Sir F. Johnstone's ch. c. St. Blaise, by Hermit • - - 1 

 Lord Ellesmere's b. c. Highland Chief - - - - - 2 

 Lord Falmouth's br. c. Galliard 3 



The Prince, Splendor, Goldfield, Beau Erummel, 

 Ladislas, Laocoon, Sigmaphone and Bon Jour were 

 the other runners. GaUiard, as Avinner of the Two 

 Thousand Guineas, started favourite with odds of 

 7 to 2 betted against him, 5 to 1 each against The 

 Prince, Goldfield and St. Blaise. Charles Wood rode 

 the winner, and 'won by a neck' was the verdict of 

 the judge, although many who were present thought 

 that victory had fallen to Highland Chief. 



Lord Roseber}', owner of the Durdans Estate at 

 Epsom, whose great ambition is, it is said, to win the 

 Derby, obtained this year a foretaste of good fortune 

 in whining the Oaks with his fill}' Bonny Jean, whj ;h 

 was steered to victory by J. Watts. The betting at 

 the start was 5 to 1 against his lordship's mare, which, 

 with thirteen horses behind her, obtained a very easy 

 victory. There were 145 subscribers to the race. 



,_, The hundred and fifth Derby resulted 



1884. . . -^ 



St. Gaiien and in a dead-hcat, the dual winners being 

 St. Gatien and Harvester, who beat their 

 eleven opponents. The following were the placings : 



