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Derby Day
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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The last Wednesday in May, or, as may happen, the 1st of June, being the second day of the Summer Meeting at Epsom, on which the Derby Stakes for colts and fillies three years old are run for, so called as having been started by the 12th Earl of Derby in 1780; the day is held as a great London holiday, and the scene is one to which all London turns out. The stakes run for are £6000, of which the winner gets £5000.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Derby Day'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/d/derby-day.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Derby Day'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/d/derby-day.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
