FAMOUS RACING STUDS OF THE LAST THIRTY YEARS. 



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to his credit. Saraband had won his race very easily at Kempton. Matthew 

 Uawson declared Minting (by Lord Lyoii) to be "one of the very best animals 

 he had ever known," an opinion which carried so much weight that when he met 

 Ormonde for the first time in the Two Thousand, he started favourite at even 

 money ; Saraband, 3 to i ; Ormonde, 7 to 2. Ormonde made his own running, 

 and won so easily that Mr. Vyner very discreetly reserved Minting for the 

 Grand Prix. For the Derby it was much the same story, except that that 

 gallant little horse The Bard came round Tattenham Corner almost on terms, 

 but could not stride with Ormonde when they swung into the straight. At Ascot 

 he won the St. James's Palace Stakes, and beat Melton in the Hardwicke next 

 day. The Yorkshire- 

 men were so delighted 

 with his looks that they 

 laid 7 to i on him for 

 the Leger, and he did 

 all they asked and more. 

 He actually started with 

 25 to i on him for the 

 Great Foal Stakes at the 

 Newmarket First Octo- 

 ber, and was without an 

 opponent for the New- 

 market St. Leger. His 

 price for the Champion 

 Stakes was " 100 to i 



on," and again for the Free Handicap, where he gave 2st. to Mephisto, and won 

 in a canter by eight lengths. After walking over for a Private Sweepstakes on 

 the last day of the Houghton, he went home for the winter with ,24,560 to his 

 credit, without having been really extended at all, except for those few strides by 

 The Bard. Then arose the sad tale that he had begun to "make a noise." It 

 was too true. Still, he beat Kilwarlin by six lengths for the Rous Memorial at 

 Ascot, with 4 to i on. The odds shortened, however, to 5 to 4 on, when he had 

 to meet Minting for the Hardwicke Stakes at even weights, gst. lolb. each. He 

 won by. a neck, and Tom Cannon let it be understood that the gap might have 

 been larger if necessary. His last race was the Imperial Gold Cup at the 



From the painting by Captain Adrian Jones. 



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