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For six weeks afterwards the horse was never out of his 

 stable. Sloan was called before the stewards and cautioned 

 for his reckless riding, but in my opinion he got off far 

 too lightly, for he ruined the chance of a Derby second 

 favourite who was going well at the time, and possibly 

 altered the result of the race. I believe the American 

 jockey admitted that he lost his head for the moment, 

 but unless it was known that Disguise II. was an awkward 

 beast to ride and a hard puller — and I never heard this even 

 suggested — a reference to the Stewards of the Jockey Club 

 followed by a suspension and a ^^500 fine would not have 

 been too great a punishment. 



Diamond Jubilee was not sent to Ascot, but he failed 

 to follow in the footsteps of Flying Fox and win the 

 Princess of Wales' Stakes at Newmarket. There was, how- 

 ever, little disgrace in his defeat, as he was asked to give 

 20 lbs. to Merry Gal, who ran second to La Roche in the 

 Oaks, and the fact that he was unable to accomplish this 

 performance merely suggests that he is not exactly a great 

 horse. A fortnight later, however, he wiped out his New- 

 market defeat by a clever win in the Eclipse Stakes, and as 

 he this time gave Chevening 10 lbs. and a half-length 

 beating, it was clearly established how wrong the running 

 had been when Chevening got to the head of the Prince 

 of Wales' colt at level weights in the Newmarket Stakes. 

 The opposition to Diamond Jubilee for the Eclipse Stakes 

 was not very strong, but the horse ran his race out boldly 

 enough in Herbert Jones' hands, and though Chevening 

 was catching him at the finish the fact remains that the one 

 who was giving the weight won cleverly. I was much 

 surprised after the race was over at hearing opinions 

 expressed to the effect that Diamond Jubilee was as good 

 as Flying Fox, and more especially surprised when I found 

 that Marsh and Huggins were amongst those who held this 

 belief. Of course it is impossible to make a fair comparison 

 between horses that have never met, but I must say that, 

 judged through Caiman and Scintillant, Flying Fox has 

 much the best of what collateral line of form there is, 

 and Flying Fox must certainly be judged on his three-year- 



