GREEN; YELLOW SLEEVES, BELT, AND CAP 



he had won a selling race at Ludlow. He did come on 

 as it had been anticipated he would do, and won races 

 at Birmingham, Worcester and Ludlow, after which Mr. 

 Bibby let him go. He continued to win. 



Fork Hill 



Frosty having been discussed, the only other " F " with 

 whom I have to deal is Fork Hill, a son of Henry the 

 Eighth and Gransha, who as a five-year-old in 191 1 ran 

 for the Stanley Steeplechase at Liverpool, failing, how- 

 ever, to complete the course. As a six-year-old he did 

 fairly well. For the Manchester Handicap Steeplechase, 

 Razorbill, a hot favourite at 6 to 4 on, had to struggle 

 his very best to get rid of Fork Hill, who ran him to a 

 length and a half, and the horse afterwards won at 

 Leicester, at Manchester, and after finishing a good 

 second to Roman Candle at the Herefordshire Hunt 

 Meeting won a flat race at Ludlow. Mr. Bibby's horses 

 appear to have run an exceptional number of seconds, 

 and Fork Hill was one who evinced this peculiarity. 

 As a seven-year-old, starting favourite for the Tarporley 

 Handicap, no more than 5 to 4 being laid against him, 

 he won comfortably, and continued his seconds behind 

 Colonel Lort-Phillips' Succubus, a horse of whom much 

 was expected though be fell far short of anticipation, 

 and behind Lord Coventry's Belus at Ludlow, Belus 

 being trained at Danebury by Mr. Fred Withington, who 

 the following year took charge of Mr. Bibby's horses. 



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