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SOME BRITISH TURF FACTS. Isinglass won £280,675 in stakes. Gat wick racecourse was opened on October 7. 1881. Richest Derby - That of IMS, won by Lord Lyon, :,:a;.7.". . Croydon races were last held on November 2,1 and lit"., 1888. Flying Dutchman beat Voltigeur in a great match at York in 1831. Little Wonder II hands 3 1- inches, was* the smallest, animal to win the Derby. Caller On foaled 1888. — Won forty nine races, including thirty four Queens Dates. Yemeni!. In isjs. at Ascot, won the Queens Vase, the Golden Cup. and the Alexander Plate. Jockeys on the Hat receive live guineas for a win ning mount, and three guineas when unsuccessful. Olailiatcur. which won the Derby in lSti."i. has been the only Preach horse to prove successful in licit i lassie event. Ormonde was never defeated on a race course. The son of Bend Or and Lily Agnes ran sixteen times, and area 42,326 in stakes. Fordliiim George had his last mount in public on Aladdin at Windsor in August. 1884. His last winning ride was on Brag in the Brighton Cup of iss:j. Spearmint was bought as a yearling at Doncaster by Major Lodcr, for .fl." N». As a three year old he won the Derby 2,238, and the Grand Prize of Parte S9. Kitchanars weight was forty nine pounds in 1844, when he won the Chester Cup on Red Deer. At Ascot, four years previous, his bodily weight was twenty nine pounds. Victor Wild and Ypsilanti. the famous handhao horses, were aath bought out of selling plates: the former for ,888 after winning at Portsmouth Park, and the latter for ,100 subsequent to a victory at Hurst Park. Deuce of Clubs and Sea Song ran a dead heat twice in the Surbiton Handicap at Sandown Park in 1SSK. On being pulled out for the third time. Deuce of Clubs ridden by Liddiard defeated Sea Song S. Loate.s up by a neck. Starting gate — This appliance was first regularly introduced at the Lincoln Spring meeting in 1888, being then confined to two year-old races only. In 1881 is was extended to three year olds, and in the lollowing year to horses of all ages. Loates T. rode live winners in succession at Windsor, on May i. 1S*»6, and Trigg the same number at Worcester, on Thursday. October 88, 1888. At Edinburgh, on Oetolier 3, 1902, Trigg rode the first five winners and was third in the last race. Doncaster must he regarded as the greatest yearling bargain ever recorded. Bought by Mr. Merry for ,7f 0. the famous animal passed into the hands of Mr. Robert Peck for 0,000, and that gentleman made 0,000 on the deal when transferring the horse to the late Duke of Westminster. Isinglass won the richest prize ever run for on the English turf, viz., the Jockey Club Stakes of 1S94. which, with a surplus, was worth 6,510. Next in value comes the Prince of Wales Stakes at Leicester In 1889. Donovan, the winner, took 5,000, the second ,750, and the third ,250.
