358 THE FIFTH DUKE OF RICHMOND, K.G. 



the end of the year by carrying off the Prendergast 

 Stakes at Newmarket. Next year Sittingbourne 

 ran second in the Two Thousand, and second in 

 the Derby, both to West Australian, and was one 

 of the best three-year-olds in England. In fact, if 

 he had not met such a paragon as West Australian, 

 he would have been inscribed on the roll of fame 

 as winner of the Two Thousand, Derby, and St 

 Leger. What happened to him in the latter race 

 formed the subject of one of the late Mr F. 

 Swindell's most amusing stories ; but I cannot 

 venture to describe what that famous raconteur 

 used to unfold, or his admirable mimicry of Mr 

 Gratwicke's look, gestures, and ejaculations when 

 the race ended without Sittingbourne getting a 

 place. It often happens that a couple of two- 

 year-olds meet on a T.Y.C. course, and that the 

 smaller is the better of the two. Twelve addi- 

 tional months reverse their relations of form, and 

 the big colt, having had time to grow and furnish, 

 becomes the superior when both are three years 

 old. This was what happened in the case of 

 Pharos and Sittingbourne. 



I have often made mention in this volume and 

 elsewhere of the wisdom, nay the necessity, of 

 making use of a good horse when he is well and fit 

 to run. Never was this truth more forcibly exem- 

 plified than when Mr Gratwicke had Landgrave 

 engaged in 1850 in the Four-year-old Triennial 

 (First October Meeting at Newmarket), the Cesare- 



