AS A THREE-YEAR-OLD 



Stakes at Ascot, the Champagne at Doncaster, the 

 Dewhurst Plate at Newmarket, though, on the other 

 hand, he was omitted from the Middle Park Plate, 

 which has been called the " Two-Year-Old Derby," 

 and from a few other races in which one would have 

 expected to find him. He did not make his first 

 appearance until the 28th September, when he came 

 out in a Two-Year-Old Plate at the Newmarket 

 First October Meeting, and it is not without signi- 

 ficance that he is absent from the betting quotations. 

 It may be presumed that he was too backward to 

 render his success probable ; but he finished third, 

 and the race brought him on so considerably that a 

 fortnight later he won the Prendergast Stakes from 

 Wrinkler, a smart colt belonging to the Duke of 

 Portland. Wrinkler was giving him 9 lb., but the 

 race shows that Stedfast was coming to himself. A 

 week later he easily won the Hook Two-Year-Old 

 Maiden Plate at Sandown, and subsequently, with 

 odds of 5 to I on him, the Witherslack Plate at 

 Liverpool. As a three-year-old his performances 

 may be described as brilliant. Again at Liverpool, 

 it must be inferred that he was not ready for the 

 Union Jack Stakes, as odds of 7 to i were offered 

 against him in a field of four, but then he speedily 

 came to hand, and I have always been strongly 

 of opinion that if he had not absolutely beaten Mr. 

 J. B. Joel's Sunstar for the Two Thousand Guineas 



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