90 RECORDS AND REMINISCENCES OF GOODWOOD 



old) at five pounds, on the Derby course, at whicli 

 weight they were tried the week before the race, the 

 mare, with others, having been at the Leg of Mutton 

 and Cauliflower Inn, at Ashtead, for some time, after 

 travelling by road from Newmarket. 



The result of the trial was that Link Boy won so 

 easily, that his Lordship said that all hope of Gulnare 

 being able to win the Oaks were at an end. 



My father difl'ered from his Lordship, stating that 

 no three-year-old could beat Link Boy on that severe 

 course at five pounds. Although 14 to 1 was laid 

 against her at starting, Gulnare won cleverly, beating 

 thirteen others. While three-year-olds engaged in 

 the Derby and Oaks accomplish greater feats than 

 beating such a horse as Link Boy at five pounds, 

 11 mile, when tried prior to those races over other 

 courses, yet over the old Derby course, the fact of 

 Running Rein beating such a horse as Orlando, in 

 1844, is evident proof of what a four-year-old will 

 do with a three-year-old over that course. Running 

 Rein (afterwards called Zanoni) proved himself to be 

 a far inferior horse to Link Boy. 



His Grace's success with Gulnare stimulated him 

 to enter more fully into the spirit of racing by 

 purchasing Moses for 1100 guineas as a sire, and 

 three brood mares, viz. Leopoldine, Loo, and the 

 Duchess (who won the St. Leger in 1816), > of Mr. 

 Lambton, afterwards Lord Durham, for 1500 guineas. 



