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field of five that opposed him. There were 1G3 sub- 

 scribers, and as has been stated, nine runners, the 

 vahie of the stakes being given in the turf-guides as 

 £3,075. Osborne, Watts, Webb, and Cannon, as also 

 Loates, Robinson, Rickaby, and Elliot had mounts in 

 the race, which was won by two lengths. 



Six filhes only out of 132 entered came to the 

 starting-post to compete for the 'Garter of the Turf,' 

 which was secured by Lord Calthorpe's Seabreeze, 

 ridden by F. Robinson ; Rada was second, and Belle 

 Mahone third. The judge's brief descripticm was: 

 ' Won by two lengths.' 



The Derby of 1889 requires the briefest possible 



chronicle, as the race cannot yet have been forgotten. 



jggg It was won for the Duke of Portland by 



Douovan. Donovan, Avhich did not win the Two 

 Thousand Guineas, but afterwards won the St. Leger 

 at Doncaster, and, in the course of the year, several 

 other races. There were thirteen in the competing 

 field, the first three bei£.g . 



Tbe Duke of Portland's Djnovan - - - - - - 1 



Mr. J. Gratton's Miguel - - -J 



Mr. D. Baird's El Dorado ;} 



The other horses started for the race wore Pioneer, 

 Gay Hampton, Morgla}^ Laureate (winner of the 

 Cambridgeshire), Enthusiast, The Turcophone, Gulliver, 

 Folengo, Glover, and Royal Star. Donovan was 

 ridden by T. Loates, Miguel by G. Barrett, El Dorado 

 by T. Camion. ' Won by a length and a half.' 1G9 



