GREEN; YELLOW SLEEVES, BELT, AND CAP 



and Leamington loo to 3. I have previously observed 

 that four-year-olds have been singularly successful over 

 this four mile course, but oddly enough only two of that 

 age started in 1904, and neither showed up, the five- 

 year-old Dandolo, ridden by Percy Woodland, winning 

 from an animal of the same age, Gascon II., Frank 

 Hartigan in the saddle. Mason went over to ride Mr. 

 Bibby's horse, who blundered as it had been feared he 

 might do. 



Sweet Cecil 



Another who did good service, and yet I think did 

 not entirely fulfil the expectations that had reasonably 

 been formed of him, was Sweet Cecil, an Irish bred son 

 of Sweetheart and Cistus, for he cost ^600 as a six-year- 

 old after having won a number of races in Ireland, 

 including the Irish Grand National, which he took from 

 Shady Girl, a good mare who subsequently carried Mr. 

 Nelke's colours prominently in this country. After that 

 Sweet Cecil started favourite for the Conyngham Cup, 

 a four mile race at Punchestown, in which he finished 

 third to Teddie III. and Flaxman, the latter having 

 passed into the possession of King Edward, who gave 

 2000 guineas for the son of Hackler and Circe, one of 

 the extraordinarily famous family, own brother to 

 Cackler amongst others. I have spoken of Sweet Cecil 

 as something of a disappointment because frequently as 

 he came to the front he never won quite the sort of 



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