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A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH TURF. 



more than half of which was won by His Majesty's colt, the remainder being due 

 to The Gorgon, Dieudonne", Strong Bow, and Strike-a-light, among the twenty- 

 horses who produced thirty-one victories. There was only less excitement than 

 in Persimmons year, when Diamond Jubilee added another Derby to the Royal 

 record, because the war was trying most people's nerves a little high ; and that 

 he must have been well wound up for the St. Leger is clear from the fact that he 

 did record time when winning easily. 



Any trainer in these days who can score the Derby three times in five years 



" Diamond Jubilee " (1897) by "St. Simon.'" 



has made himself a name that is not easily forgotten ; but when we add to this 

 the fact that from 1893 to 1900, Marsh trained the winners of 327 races worth 

 ,215,408, it becomes evident that consistent industry has been at work on good 

 material ever since Egerton House was built ; and a Royal yearling in Marsh's 

 boxes as these lines are written, called La Paix (by Persimmon out of Laodamki), 

 gives every promise of this success being continued in the future. At the stud 

 which is attached to the racing stables stand Ayrshire and St. Serf, for the 

 Duke of Portland finds that St. Simon, Carbine, and Donovm are enough for 



