CHAPTER XI 



WHICH CONTINUES THE LIST OF WINNERS 



In 1874, the Derby was won by Mr Cartwright's George 

 Frederick, the son of Marsyas. Kisber, by Buccaneer, 

 owned by Mr A. Baltazzi, was a Hungarian bred horse, 

 and the first of that nationaUty to win the Derby, which 

 he did in 1876, and also the Grand Prix de Paris. The 

 following year, 1877, the great race was won by Lord 

 Falmouth's Silvio, by Blair Athol, and in 1878 by Mr 

 Crawfurd's Sefton, by Speculum. Isonomy made a great 

 name for himself in 1879 by winning in that year the 

 Ascot Cup, the Goodwood Cup, the Doncaster Cup, and 

 the Queen's Vase, and in 1880 again won the Ascot Cup. 



But the Derby of 1879 was won by Mr Acton's Sir 

 Bevys, by Favonius ; and in 1880 by the Duke of West- 

 minster's famous Bend Or, by Doncaster. Iroquois, by 

 Leamington, owned by Mr Lorillard, won the Derby in 

 1 88 1, and in 1882, the Duke of Westminster was again 

 fortunate, in winning with Shotover, by Hermit. St Blaise, 

 by Hermit also, and owned by Sir F. Johnstone, was the 

 hero in 1883. He owed his training to Mr John Porter, 

 whose opinion of St Blaise is that he was a good, but not 

 a great horse. Mr J. Hammond's St Gatien, by The Rover, 

 was forced to divide the honours of the Derby in 1884 



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