EPSOM RACES
... EPSOM. RACES. . FROMt (T I RAVELS iN TOWN. Epsom races were instituted an 1779. Lord Derby gave the stakes, which still go by. the name of the Derby, immediately on establishing the races. On the following year lie instituted the Oaks race, calling the prize by that name, because it was the name of his country seat. It is curious enough that his own horse Bridget won the first Oaks. Epsom ...