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when, ridden by George Fordham (who pro hdc vice took the 

 place of Constable), she won the July Stakes in 1875, was a 

 case in point. The example of George Fordham is deserv- 

 ing, moreover, of citation in another respect. His best 

 finishes, such as those upon Mr. Graham's Formosa for the 

 Two Thousand of 1868, and upon the Duke of Beaufort's 

 Petronel for the same race in 1880, were ridden with- 

 out the use of either 

 whip or spur. When, 

 again, Mr. George 

 Lambert's Don 



Without the use of either whip or spur. 



Juan won the Cesarewitch in 1883, the horse's rider, Martin, 

 was advised at the last moment by Fordham to surrender his 

 whip in order that he might not be distracted by his effort 

 to use it when, as Fordham anticipated, the critical struggle 

 between Hackness and Don Juan took place as they breasted 

 the hill at the end of the Rowley Mile. If Fordham has been 



