TRAINING AS IT WAS AND IS 205 



After that time I scarcely left him, and paid un- 

 remitting attention to prepare him for the Derby, 

 For this, I may say, he did generally the ordinary 

 cantering work of five or six furlongs a day, and 

 galloped a mile, with a mile and a half twice a 

 week. This programme, however, was always 

 subject to modification, for I studied his condition 

 from day to day, and gave him only just the 

 exercise I thought specially suited to him. 



It was not, however, until after the Two 

 Thousand Guineas that he was ever called upon 

 to really gallop a mile and a half, the length of 

 the Derby course. 



He was wound up for that race to the uttermost, 

 and everything was done to ensure his success, 

 but his unfortunate conformation of neck was all 

 against him, and he ran himself out a furlong from 

 home. 



