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failed by a neck. This game colt — for he must 

 have been the gamest of the game — first 

 gave way crossing the road after coming round 

 Tattenham Corner ; still, I thought that he would 

 win easily. Opposite the bell, about eighty 

 yards from the winning - post, he broke down 

 badly on the other leg. ' Kettledrum ' won by a 

 neck, but I defeated ' Diophantus ' by a head for 

 second money. These three colts were a long way 

 in front of the others. Curiously enough, these 

 leaders were the first three round Tattenham Corner 

 in one of the quickest Derbys on record. 



' Folkestone,' by ' Birdcatcher ' — ' Lady Lurewell,' 

 was another good little horse. Mr. R. Peck will 

 bear me out in this. He was as much like 'The 

 Bard ' as possible, being exactly the same colour — 

 a chestnut, with white ticks on his quarters. As an 

 instance of good memories, I may mention that I 

 was officiating as starter at Lincoln when ' The 

 Bard ' won the Brocklesby Stakes at Lincoln in 

 1885. When Wood rode him down to the starting- 

 post, I remarked to him that the colt was exactly 

 like one called ' Folkestone ' that I used to win on 

 years before. When racing was over for the day, 

 and I was in the weighing-room, Mr. Robert Peck 

 remarked to me : 



