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Orby, who was quite extraordinary in his length and 

 strength from hip to hock, takes high rank among 

 Derby winners, though I doubt if he would have beaten 

 Slieve Gallion if the latter could have been controlled. 

 Signorinetta and Minoru do not call for consideration 

 as Derby winners, but Bayardo, in the latter's year, was 

 one of the best horses of all time. No Ascot Cup was 

 ever in my time won quite so easily as was Bayardo's. 



Lemberg, who won in 1910, is certainly the best 

 English-bred son of Cyllene, but he cannot be classed 

 with his half-brother, Bayardo. Moreover, it was clearly 

 demonstrated the following year that Swynford was his 

 master. Lemberg's hocks are rather away from him, as 

 are Cyllene's, but he is doing well at the stud with such 

 sons as Lemonora, Lembach, Pogrom and Weathervane. 



Sunstar, I am sure, was a front-ranker, for he beat 

 Stedfast readily in the Derby, though he had all but 

 broken down, and Stedfast was trick and tie with Prince 

 Palatine in their later races. It is needless to discuss 

 what Sunstar might have done had his Turf career been 

 extended. The case is analogous to that of Galopin, 

 and at present Sunstar is certainly the most valuable 

 stallion in England. 



Such winners as Tagalie, Aboyeur and Durbar II. 

 need no consideration. They represent the darkest 

 period of the Derby. 



The substitute Derby winners in the war time were 

 all good horses, but Pommern's career was somewhat 

 restricted by his owner being absent when the son of 

 Polymelus was a four-year-old, and as a result Sam 

 Loates, his trainer, did not run him against older horses. 

 He has commenced very well at the stud. Fifinella, 

 Gay Crusader and Gainsborough all come into a high 



