TURF PERFORMANCES OF ACROBAT. Ol 
recorded, as they have been, by the publishing of the ‘Book 
Calendar/ I cannot agree that the incidents alluded to, can 
either be so readily forgotten or that the interests of the turf 
are to be promoted, by permitting them to pass unnoticed 
— they are as follows : 
Liverpool, July 14. 
Liverpool St. Leger. 
Acrobat 1 
Arthur Wellesley . ... 2 
Roscomon 0 
Horatio 0 
5 to 1 on Acrobat : won easily by 
a length and a half. 
York, Aug. 25. 
Great Yorkshire Stakes. 
Acrobat 1 
Ivan 2 
Arthur Wellesley .... 3 
and five others. 
5 to 2 on Acrobat : won by a 
length. 
Doncaster, Sept. 13. 
The St. Leger. 
Knight of St. George . . 1 
Ivan 2 
Scythian 3 
Arthur Wellesley ... 4 
Acrobat, Dervish, Boiardo, and 
twelve others, not placed. 
6 to 4 Boiardo ; 7 to 1 Acrobat ; 
10 to 1 Dervish : won by a head. 
Doncaster, Sept. 15. 
Doncaster Stakes. 
Acrobat 1 
Ivan 2 
Grand Inquisitor .... 3 
Scythian, and four others, not placed 
2 to 1 Ivan ; 5 to 2 Acrobat : 
I won by a length. 
In tracing the performances of Acrobat, we find that at two 
years old he won a sweepstakes at Doncaster cleverly, and 
walked over for the Buckenham Stakes at Newmarket, and 
was consequently looked upon very favorably and backed by 
many speculators to win the Derby. 
In the Newmarket first Spring Meeting of 1854 Acrobatwon 
a match of 500 Guineas by twenty lengths, and he ran third, 
carrying 5st. lOlbs. for the Chester Cup (in which twenty four 
horses ran) to Epaminondas the winner, with 4st. 10 lbs. 
Notwithstanding the favorable prestige he was fairly entitled 
to, and without any cause being known or assigned, he was 
scratched for the Derby, to the loss and discomfiture of 
many, and his stable companion Dervish, infinitely his infe- 
rior, became first favorite for that race. 
To racing men it is superfluous for me to state that 
Acrobat is the property of the Earl of Derby, and was 
trained by Mr. Jno. Scott, of Malton. 
After the race on the 15th September, a scene took place 
which can never be effaced from the memory of those who wit- 
nessed it. The trainer was only rescued from the anger of the 
mobility by the strength of his pugilistic friends. This event was 
not, however, w itnessed by the Earl of Derby, he having pre- 
