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said to Mr. Dover: "You are not going to put me 

 on ' Lord Lyon ' first, are you ?' 

 His answer was : 



"Well, he is the quietest horse I have got." 

 Consequently I rode him in his work all the time 

 I was at Ilsley. ' Lord Lyon ' won the Derby easier 

 than he did the St. Leger. At Doncaster it was 

 a very short head indeed ; in fact, neither Chaloner, 

 ' Savernake's ' jockey, nor myself, knew which had 

 won after passing the post. I said to Chaloner, " I 

 think I have just done you," as I was on the right 

 side, farthest away from the judge, which is always 

 an advantage. It is my opinion that ' Savernake ' 

 was unlucky that day ; he was shut in at the 

 distance, and when he got clear, he had to come 

 round his horses, yet he was catching ' Lord Lyon,' 

 who was tiring, very fast. I always consider 

 that ' Lord Lyon ' was rather a lucky horse, and 

 that he was not a real good one, as will be shown 

 when I describe his race with ' Rama ' at Lincoln in 

 another chapter. It is, however, certain that he 

 was a very game colt on his best course, which was 

 about a mile and a half, but he was not quite a 

 stayer. It is not generally known that ' Lord 

 Lyon ' was a very slight whistler, and was fired with 

 a flat iron on his throat by Stanley, the veterinary 



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