8o THE TURF 



A two-year-old who it was fondly hoped by his 

 friends would rival Donovan's achievements was 

 running when the Duke of Portland's colt was a three- 

 year old. This was Surefoot, a son of Wisdom and 

 of an unnamed daughter of Galopin and Miss Foot, 

 the property of Mr. A. W. Merry, a son of the owner 

 of Doncaster, Thormanby, MacGregor, Marie Stuart, 

 and other famous animals. Surefoot came out in the 

 Woodcote Stakes at Epsom, and won from a very 

 speedy mare called Heresy in a style which evoked 

 general admiration, but at Ascot he just failed by a 

 head to beat one of the Duke of Portland's St. Simon 

 fillies named Semolina, though in the New Stakes he 

 had things all his own way, and won the only other 

 race for which he ran, the Findon Stakes at Good- 

 wood, with odds of lOO to 6 on him. St. Simon fillies 

 have of late years gained a great name for themselves, 

 and, as regards speed, there are many impartial judges 

 who believe that no horse ever went faster than Sig- 

 norina, who was at that time a two-year-old. She was 

 the property of an Italian gentleman, Signor Ginistrelli, 

 who had raced in England for a number of years with 

 a persistence which was very little rewarded. His 

 colours have been registered for something like a 

 quarter of a century, but the Turf world in general 

 knew very litde of them until he had sent his mare 

 Star of Portici to St. Simon, and Signorina was the 

 result. The owner gave her an excellent chance by 

 -entering her liberally, and she abundandy repaid him. 



