ON THE FLAT 



and beaten half a length for the Liverpool Cup by 

 Captain Kettle, with the Two Thousand Guineas winner 

 Handicapper a length and a half behind him. This 

 form must be considered certainly good enough to win 

 races. For the ;^2ooo Prince Edward Handicap at 

 Manchester he was placed fifth, and he ran in the Cam- 

 bridgeshire. There Hackler's Pride only had to give 

 him 3 lb., and his chance must have been very remote. 

 As it was he never won a race, though as a four-year-old 

 he only failed by a short head in the Friday Welter on 

 the afternoon when Pretty Polly won the One Thousand 



Guineas. 



Dorastus and Myron 



These two were sons of Diploma, Myron by Ladas. 

 He only made a single appearance, but had been so well 

 tried that he started a strong favourite at 9 to 4 in a 

 field of twenty for the Country Two-Year-Old Plate at 

 Lingfield in November, 1906. A gelding belonging to 

 Lord Alington, Grab by name, jumped off and was 

 never caught, Myron finishing third. Dorastus by 

 Florizel IL came a year later, but did not run as a 

 two-year-old. As a three in 1908 he began with a win, 

 taking the Cleveland Apprentice Plate at Redcar, but 

 seconds and thirds were the best he could do afterwards. 



Svindune 



Svindune is a half brother to King's Scholar by Swyn- 

 ford, and much was asked from him as a two-year-old, 



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