CHAPTER XII 



WINNERS CONTINUED 



The Duke of Portland won the Derby in the two succeed- 

 ing years — in 1888 by Ayrshire (who won also the 

 Eclipse Stakes in 1889), and by Donovan in 1889, and 

 who won not only the St Leger in that year, but brought 

 to his owner, during his two and three-year-old days, 



^55>i54- 



Sir J. Miller's Sainfoin was successful in 1890, and Sir 



.f. F. Johnstone's Common in 1891 — who won also the St 



^.■. Leger and the Two Thousand in the same year. Lord 



«* ' Bradford's Sir Hugo was the Derby winner in 1892, 



while La Fleche won both the Oaks and the St Leger 



in that year. 



The St Leger was established in 1776, when it was 

 named out of compliment to Colonel St Leger, and the 

 race was run for the first time, on Doncaster town moor. 

 Isinglass, son of Isonomy, was bred by his owner, Mr 

 M'Calmont, and won the Derby in 1893. -^is wonderful 

 success as a four-year-old has, however, linked his name 

 inseparably and gloriously with the Turf year of 1894, for 

 he won in that year ;^54,935, an amount only once before 

 equalled in the winnings of a thoroughbred. 



Ladas, by Hampton, won the Derby for the Prime 

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