2IO THE MERRY GEE-GEE 



and that was never beaten. Not only 

 that, but in dealing with Ormonde we 

 must remember he reigned in a season 

 rich in good horses, several of which 

 would have made a rare example of 

 most of our classic performers this 

 season. 



The two most interesting races I have 

 seen were the Two Thousand Guineas 

 Ormonde won, and the Hardwicke Stakes 

 at Ascot, wherein he beat Minting and 

 Bendigo. Minting was considered by- 

 Matt Dawson an extraordinary horse, and 

 so he was, indeed, and when, after having 

 backed him for the Two Thousand Guineas, 

 I stood and saw the easy way in which 

 Ormonde strode away from him out 

 of the Abingdon Mile bottom, I said to 

 myself, ''What manner of horse is this 

 I see?" Saraband and St. Mirin were 

 behind the two, and he served the sturdy 



