250 The Life of Fred Archer 
The meeting of the two giants among trainers, Mat. Dawson 
and John Porter, after the race is said to have been not one of. 
the least pleasant features of the finish. " Well, Mat., I 
congratulate you, though you have beaten me," said Mr. 
Porter heartily. Lord Hastings might have won the Derby 
two years previously had not Beau Brummel broke down 
in training. 
Lord and Lady Hastings received shoals of congratulations 
on Melton's Derby victory, and particularly Lady Hastings, 
because she was at home ill, but one of the most amusing sent 
to Lord Hastings was : 
" I understand that Milton's ' Paradise Lost' is being re- 
vised, and will appear during Derby week, and will be published 
under the title of ' Paradox Lost, by Melton.'" 
The first telegram sent away to Lady Hastings read : 
" Joy ! Joy ! The most exciting race. We all thought 
here that Melton had won. Everybody congratulates, par- 
ticularly Lord Rosslyn. — Lily Carrington." 
The same lady, writing the following day from Milburn, 
Esher, gave some idea of the excitement that prevailed among 
the members of the family and their friends on the Grand Stand 
at Epsom. She wrote : 
" Sweet Betty, — Thank you for your bow, which I wear 
with pride at the moment. I hope you got my telegram, sent 
off, after a deal of fuss, by Lord Rosslyn, He had to cross 
the course to do it, but I was determined you should have one 
from your representative in the Jockey Club Stand. 
" Didn't George [Lord Hastings] tell you that C. was so 
overcome with emotion that he could not speak after the race ; 
he wept ! and Uncle Ned yelled at the top of his voice. They 
all tell me I turned quite white ; all I know is that I shook hke 
an aspen leaf from head to foot. How bad it would have been 
