FAMOUS FACING STUDS OF THE LAST THIRTY YEARS. 



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balancing, but Mr. Charles Greenwood told me that it was no more wonderful than 



the way Malerba rode La Uruguay a round Tattenham Corner on a piece of cloth 



which was alone used to hold the stirrups, and finished second to Knight of the 



Thistle. Epsom Lad showed that day that hard ground had no terrors for him, 



and in spite of his often looking lame, his action on the turf was always perfect. 



Epsom Lad was trained by the South American Alvarez, and at Kempton he beat 



a brilliant field containing Volodyavski, Doriclts, William the Third, Santoi, and 



Merry Gal. As a yearling Epsom Lad was as nearly perfect as could be, and 



when he was entire he beat Diamond 



Jubilee. But though he did great 



things later on, and was quite the best 



gelding of recent years, he changed a 



good deal for the worse both in looks 



and temper after he had been added 



to the list. As one reason for racing 



is the improvement of the breed of 



horses, I have noted with interest 



that a new rule forbidding geldings 



from being qualified to be entered for 



the Derby has been passed while this 



book was progressing from its first 



volume to its last. The decision of 



the Jockey Club in the case of 



Marsden, in February, 1904, makes 



it clear that the Derby is in future 



to be limited to "entire colts at the 



time of starting." This is as it should 



be. In Black Sand (another bargain luckily picked up in 1900) Mr. Buchanan 



also owned a winner of the Cesarewitch in the second best time then known, and 



of the Jockey Club Cup, in which he gave William the Third 3lb. His deep 



sloping shoulders, strong coupling, short back, and muscular thighs are one result 



of his breeding, for this grandson of Hermit has Nc-wminster blood through Lord 



Clifden and Wenlock in his dam Sanda (the dam of Sainfoin}, while in the third 



remove Galnpin and S/ockwell are among the sires, and Seclusion (dam of Hermit}, 



Ftronia (dam of St. Serf and grand-dam of Ayrshire), Mineral (dam of Kisber), 



From a pencil drawing by 

 Jane E. Cook. 



Fred Archer. 



