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not quite such a scare-crow as Mr. Jack JoeFs 

 beloved steed) ; but, like the last-named, he had his 

 special fancies in the way of tracks, these being 

 Kempton (where he won " The Jubilee " in 1895, 

 carrying 8 stone 4 lbs., and also the following year, 

 when he repeated his triumph, carrying no less than 

 9 stone 7 lbs.) and Hurst Park, where, in the Cup, 

 he was victorious in 1893, and again in 1894 ; on each 

 occasion being hunted home, as previously stated, by 

 my Dornroschen, who, on the first occasion, was 

 conceding him no less than 9 lbs. ! 



Both these horses picked up races elsewhere, I 

 believe, but were never seen to such advantage as was 

 Dean Swift at Epsom and Ascot, and Victor Wild at 

 Kempton and Hurst Park, as quoted.* 



Epsom Lad was another " comic cut '* who could 

 go fast and stay, and who was endowed with any 

 amount of grit, as exemplified when he won " The 

 Eclipse" in 1901, and other important events. At 

 the time of writing, Manilado is still in training, and 

 has done fairly well on occasions ; but from an ocular 

 point of view, he is no credit to his illustrious brother, 

 Gay Crusader, and his near relative, Gainsborough, 

 both of whom, and especially the latter, were *' picture 

 horses.'* 



* Victor Wild also won the Royal Hunt Cup in 1894, when, as 

 a four-year-old, he carried 7 stone 7 lbs. ; whilst Dean Swift won 

 the Coronation Cup as an aged horse at Epsom in 1909, with 

 9 stone 3 lbs. up. 



