WHY FORTY TO ONE? y 3 



through a quarter of a mile of swamp.' They did 

 not run him, after the two-year-old period, until his 

 Cambridgeshire was at hand, and then he was tried 

 at Newmarket, the Second October Meeting, over 

 the Cambridgeshire course. Concerning both trial 

 and race there is something to be said. The former, 

 which was perfectly open and naturally did not take 

 place unwitnessed by ' neighbouring eyes,' came out 

 as follows : 



CAMBRIDGESHIRE COURSE 



Ancient Pistol, 3 yrs. (Graves), 6 st. 7 lb. .1 



Isonomy, 3 yrs. (Fordham), 8 st. 5 lb. . .2 



Harbinger, 4 yrs. (T. Cannon), 8 st. 9 lb. .3 



Singleton, 3 yrs. (Huxtable), 7 st. o lb. . .4 



Won by a neck ; six lengths between second and third, 

 and two lengths between third and fourth. 



It will be remembered, by the backers of the 

 horse to their satisfaction, that Isonomy started at 

 the outside price of 40 to 1. Why was this ? The 

 obvious answer, not altogether uninspired by the 

 evidence of the uninvited spectators of the trial, is 

 that Isonomy had not emerged triumphantly from 

 ' the mill' But, there are trials and trials. Porter 

 drove up in a fly with Mr. Gretton, and as they 

 passed down by the side of the Cambridgeshire 

 Course to the Birdcage, they scanned the track to 

 see that it was clear. Satisfied that there were no 

 obstacles in the way, the jockeys were weighed out, 

 and owner and trainer were driven rapidly back to 

 the winning post. As they proceeded, they found to 



