SOME WINNERS 



ing season several times ran second. He never did 

 himself justice. 



Colon 

 Colon, by May Fox-Comma, was a half brother to 

 the dual Cambridgeshire winner Hackler's Pride, need- 

 less to say one of the best animals of her day. He was 

 bought in Ireland from his breeder, an excellent bargain 

 at ;^ioo, for this is less than the price of a fair hunter, 

 and after running between the flags he carried the First 

 Whip for several seasons to Mr. Bibby's Hounds. As 

 a four-year-old he tried his luck for the National Hunt 

 Juvenile Steeplechase, the meeting taking place that 

 season, 1900, at Kempton. Colonel Hall Walker was 

 very confident of taking this prize with the four-year-old 

 son of Gallinule and Erin called Wellesley, who started 

 at 2 to I. He fell and injured himself so severely that 

 he had to be destroyed, and the race was won in a canter 

 by Full Flavour, a son of Satiety and Muscat, ridden by 

 Frank Hartigan, in those days an amateur. Colon fell, 

 only four of the twelve completing the course. His 

 one other race as a four-year-old was the Tantivy 

 Steeplechase at Gatwick the following week, where he 

 made little show behind Shipshape. As a five-year-old 

 Colon very nearly did all that was asked of him. He 

 was not seen till October, when he was second at Not- 

 tingham, and after a failure in a hurdle race at Keel Park 

 he ran four times without being beaten, taking the 

 Cardiff Autumn Steeplechase, the Cottrell Maiden 



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