CHAPTER XIV 



(^ THE DERBIES OF 1897-98 



When Mr Gubbins' Galtee More, by Kendal, out of 

 Ar^ Morganette, won the Derby in 1897, as well as the St 



Leger and Two Thousand, his partisans doubtless expected 

 to find him in 1898, among the great horses which have 

 won the Ascot Gold Cup. 



But Mr Gubbins' opportunity came, when he was able to 



sell his horse to the Russian Government for ;^ 2 1,000. So 



it is supposed, he will run in the Ascot Cup this year in the 



name of the Grand Duke Dimitri, aide-de-camp to the Tsar, 



and England will lose thereafter one of her famous winners. 



This is the first instance of an Irish bred horse, owned by 



an Irishman winning the Derby, the value of which was 



^5450. He is one of the seven wearers of the triple crown, 



the others being West Australian in 1853 ; Gladiateur in 



'j ' 1865 ; Lord Lyon in 1866 ; Ormonde in 1886 ; Common in 



pjf 1891 ; and Isinglass in 1893. Arum is worthy of mention, 



jV ' as he is considered by good Australian judges, to be the 



best horse in the world. He is by Trenton out of Anna, 



and won the Flying Stakes and the C. B. Fisher Plate. 



In 1898 the Derby was won on a dull 26th of May by 

 Jeddah, ' a rank outsider,' to use the words of the Sports- 

 man. Jeddah, who came in three-quarters of a length to 



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