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into a field. As the last was released, I said : 

 "There goes the Derby winner." I recall this 

 incident as I made up my mind, there and then, to 

 back him when the time came. On that rather 

 memorable P2psom day I was in company with a 

 gentleman who trained in the stable ; as we were 

 looking over the Derby horses in the paddock we 

 came to Aboyeur. I again expressed my intention 

 of backing him. He, however, put me off by saying 

 that on his trial he had proved that he had no 

 chance whatever. The odds against him were a 

 hundred to one, and some bookmakers offered 

 a hundred and fifty. As the world now knows, 

 Aboyeur won, after an objection instigated by the 

 stewards and not by Mr Cunliffe. From the ac- 

 companying photograph it appears to me that 

 Aboyeur was the culprit and not Craganour, the 

 horse that was disqualified. 



In well-managed stables the idea of stopping 

 horses, or running them when unfit, with a view to 

 getting them well handicapped, is not tolerated, 

 and I very much doubt if it proves successful where 

 it is practised. To stop a horse by pulling him is 

 a dangerous business, and requires a very good 

 horseman to do it effectively. Of course, very few 

 high-class jockeys would risk it. To run horses 

 many times when they are unfit is apt to make 

 them sour and ungenerous. But, taking all things 



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