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Ascot, 1921, when he would surely have won the Cup, 

 but for indiscreet riding and bad interference. He goes 

 to the Mentmore stud and is exactly the horse for Lord 

 Rosebery's delicately bred mares. 



As for the 1921 three-year-olds, Craig-an-Eran was, 

 on the whole, the best of them, and he should make a 

 stallion of very high value ; but though he was jarred at 

 Sandown last year, and his Leger running can in conse- 

 quence be ignored, it is believed that he can be trained 

 this year, 1 so that it is too early to pronounce on him, or 

 Polemarch, who won the St Leger nor is there much use 

 in my writing about what we have all seen. " The old 

 is better" for my old memories are quite fresh, and 

 they touch horses which few of us have seen. 



I have skimmed through the horses that have been 

 actually seen by me and have expurgated the worst, but 

 the task of selecting the really best is beyond human 

 capacity. I think, however, we are always going 

 upwards, and that the average class of the British 

 Thorougbred continuously improves. 



1 Since the above was written it has been found impossible to train 

 Craig-an-Eran, and he has retired to the stud for 1923 at a fee of 250 

 guineas. 



