GREEN; YELLOW SLEEVES, BELT. AND CAP 



She was a five-year-old in 1899, and started humbly in 

 the Derllys Selling Hurdle Race, entered to be sold for 

 ^'70. This she won, as also the Harkforward Hurdle 

 Race for half breds next day. Her third attempt was 

 over fences at Tenby, the Lawrenny Plate, and she 

 landed the odds of 3 to i which were laid on her. At 

 the Pembrokeshire Hunt she failed by a short head, 

 afterwards winning on the same course on successive 

 days. There was so little competition for her that she 

 was bought in for no more than ^^ guineas. Mr. Bibby 

 does not bet ; for an owner who did so she would have 

 been a remunerative investment. As a six-year-old she 

 won at Tenby, not to be sold, by a head from Simple 

 Prince, ridden by Mr. J. W. Widger, Wild Man from 

 Borneo's Liverpool jockey. This year she started 

 eleven times and was successful on six occasions. As a 

 seven-year-old she was only out once, securing the 

 Penally Steeplechase at Tenby, after an objection. An 

 animal named GlendufF came in first, but was dis- 

 qualified on the ground that his rider had no licence, 

 and it appeared that he had " repeatedly ridden without 

 one," also there was a contingency attaching to the horse 

 which would likewise have been fatal. She was not 

 seen as an eight-year-old, nor as a nine until October, 

 when the Charlton Park Steeplechase at Cheltenham was 

 awarded to her on an objection which is worth mention 

 as bearing upon National Hunt Rules. A mare called 

 Violetta won. The protest against her was on the 



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