2 A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH TURF. 



Stakes, and Derby has only been brought off by His Majesty's colt, by Isinglass, 

 and Ladas ; by winning the triple crown of Guineas, Derby, and St. Leger, Diamond 

 Jubilee has joined the select and glorious band of record-makers, composed of Flying 

 Fox, Galtcc More, Isinglass, Common, Ormonde, Lord Lyon, Gladiateur, and West 

 Australian, who was the only winner, except Diamond Jubilee, who started for the 

 Derby at 6 to 4 against ; and it is interesting to note that all of these, except Mr. 

 Sutton's Lord Lyon, were bred by their nominators ; and that Gladiateur is the only 

 foreign-bred horse which has ever attained the position so eagerly desired by every 

 owner of racehorses in the world, and only just missed by the American-bred Iroquois, 

 when he was unfortunately beaten by Peregrine in the Two Thousand. 



Since 1853, Lord Lyons year has seen the greatest value in the total stakes for 

 these three classic races, and Diamond Jubilee secured nearly .3,000 less than they 

 were worth in 1866 ; but besides them, both the Newmarket Stakes and the Eclipse 

 Stakes were put to the credit of the speedy son of St. Simon and Perdita II,, and of 

 the total of over ,29,000, which put the Prince at the head of the list, Diamond 

 Jubilee was responsible for all except the Portland Plate (.735). the Sussex Stakes 

 (-'37)> an d minor events of little importance. Moreover, His Majesty is now 

 the only owner who has ever won both the Derby and the Grand National, the two 

 most important races in different branches of the sport, and won them in the same 

 season ; so I am omitting such important items as the victories of Ambush II. and other 

 'chasers in the Royal colours, when I point out that the Jockey Club record of 

 the Prince of Wales since 1886, when Counterpane with Archer up secured the Maiden 

 Plate at Sandown, included every classic race except the Oaks, his nearest approach 

 to that being when Thais was beaten by Lord Derby's Canterbury Pilgrim, and 

 represented a value in stake-money of at least ,100,000. 



His Majesty has still other records to his credit which make it appropriate 

 to take the century which immediately follows them as a new beginning in the 

 history of Racing. Since the institution of the race, he was the only owner 

 who had won the Derby with two colts by the same sire and clam ; and it is 

 also extraordinary that both Persimmon and Diamond Jubilee did the course in two 

 minutes forty-two seconds, the fastest time on record for the course of one mile four 

 furlongs, and twenty-nine yards. Own brothers have indeed been victorious before ; 

 but though both were by Whalebone out of a Canopus mare, Lapdog (1826) was the 

 property of Lord Egremont, and Spaniel (1831), belonged to Lord Lowther. Again 

 two colts by Waxy out of Penelope secured the blue riband in i8ioand 1815; but 



