CHAPTER X 



ARD PATRICK 



Ard Patrick's two-year-old career does not need 

 to be carefully recorded, though it was good enough 

 to give me great hopes of his following season. 

 At that time we had also a good colt in Port 

 Blair, whom many expected to be among the 

 best of his year. 



Like many another big colt before him, Ard 

 Patrick did not come to anything like his best for 

 the Two Thousand Guineas, and a fortnight later 

 he rolled about while running for the New- 

 market Stakes, and was disqualified for bumping 

 Fowling Piece. 



After that he came to hand nicely, and I was 

 well satisfied with him when we got him to Epsom. 

 When he was on the course to do his 

 work there, I particularly noticed him 

 staring at the stands, and he even did so when 

 I gave him a steady canter past them, so I gave 

 him several other canters past the stands until 

 he was more settled down. He was set practic- 



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