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Extract from “Bell’s Life” of May 19th, 1848:

THE DERBY DAY.

Wednesday.—This day, like its predecessor, opened with a cloudless sky, and the throng which crowded the avenues leading to the grand scene of attraction was, as we have elsewhere remarked, incalculable.

THE DERBY.

The Derby Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. for three-year-olds; colts, 8 st. 7 lb., fillies, 8 st. 2 lb.; the second to receive 100 sovs., and the winner to pay 100 sovs. towards police, etc.; mile and a half on the new Derby course; 215 subs.

Lord Clifden’s b. c. Surplice, by Touchstone	1
Mr. Bowe’s b. c. Springy Jack, by Hetman	2
Mr. B. Green’s br. c. Shylock, by Simoon	3
Mr. Payne’s b. c. Glendower, by Slane	0
Mr. J. P. Day’s b. c. Nil Desperandum, by Venison	0