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it would at any rate have been an exceedingly near 

 thing. Though he had the skilful assistance of F. 

 Wootton it may almost be said that he was left at 

 the post ; he certainly lost much ground at the start, 

 and precisely the same thing happened in the Derby. 

 At Epsom he was ridden by Lynham, very far from 

 a bad jockey, but scarcely one of the very best, and 

 most if not all the other five and twenty runners 

 were well away before he left the post. He was 

 beaten two lengths, precisely the same distance as in 

 the Two Thousand Guineas. It appears that I was 

 not singular in my opinion of Stedfast. Some 

 accounts of the Derby state that Sunstar broke 

 down some distance from home and finished on three 

 legs. I have not the slightest desire to depreciate 

 Sunstar, who was beyond question a horse of very 

 high rank, and who is most deservedly earning 

 fame at the stud. Between him and Stedfast, 

 however, I shall always hold that there was very 

 little to choose. Lord Derby's colt with odds of 



5 to I on him cantered away with the Prince of 

 Wales's Stakes at Ascot, and the following day 

 had no difficulty in beating Cellini and St. Anton 

 for the St. James's Palace Stakes. With odds of 



6 to I on him he beat St. Nat, giving him 8 lb., 

 for the Atlantic Stakes at Liverpool, and with 

 odds of 25 to I on him he won the Sussex Stakes 

 at Goodwood. For the Great Yorkshire Stakes, 



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