MINORU'S LAST RACE 



I am not going through the subsequent careers of 

 the horses which ran that year. In Paris Wilham 

 the Fourth and Valens were sent over to run for the 

 Grand Prix. Dillon, who rode the former, tried the 

 same tactics he had been forced to adopt on Spearmint 

 three years before, but it did not come off, while 

 Valens made no show at all. It was a red-letter year 

 for Richard Marsh with this same Minoru. He won 

 the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood, was unplaced to 

 Bayardo in the St Leger, and then King Edward had 

 the satisfaction of seeing Maher win on him from 

 Electra and two others in the Free Handicap in the 

 autumn. That was Minoru's last race. Bayardo 

 had never shown his form, but he began by winning 

 the Prince of Wales Stakes at Ascot. 



I was over in Paris for a few days' racing and met 

 George Stern at the Chatham. He told me he was 

 going over to ride Louviers in the Sandringham Foal 

 Stakes, and asked me what sort of a chance he had. 

 I told him I thought he had a winning ride, there being 

 nothing to beat him. " But," I added, " there is a 

 horse named Bayardo, who will be ridden by Danny 

 that you must look out for." On the following Sunday 

 I met Stern at Chantilly. " Thank you very much," 

 he said. " I looked out for that horse you told me 

 about, and I shall always have to look out for him. 

 There's not a horse in Europe who can get near him ; 

 at least, that's my opinion." Stern was right, for with 

 the exception of that extraordinary race for the 

 Goodwood Cup when Magic beat Bayardo, he never 

 met his conqueror during the rest of his racing career. 

 Stern is a great judge, but so could others be about 

 Bayardo, who was an extraordinary animal. 



Richard Marsh has been spoken of. I have known 

 two of his brothers : Harry, who died a few years back, 



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