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A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH TURF. 



at the Gorhambury Meeting with a chestnut gelding named Consul. Protest over- 

 ruled. The meeting does not sound important now ; but Lord Verulam had laid 

 out the course, and among those present were the Dukes of Rutland and Dorset, 

 the Marquises of Exeter and Anglesea, and the Earls of Chesterfield, Jersey, and 

 Uxbridge. Many a good horse has carried the " dark blue, yellow cap " since Consul 

 won. But the statue of King Tom, now at Mentmore, which I reproduce on page 

 490, preserves the memory of one of the stoutest of them all. He was second 

 in the Derby of 1854, as King Alfred was in 1868, and Baron Rothschild also 

 ran second and third to Fille de I' Air in the Oaks of 1864, and third in 1865 

 to Regalia, with Zephyr, the dam of Favonius. But his delight when Tormentor 



won the Oaks in 1866, 

 chiefly roused by the 

 success of a daughter of 

 King Tom, was trebled 

 when Hippia, another 

 daughter, secured the 

 same trophy for him- 

 self, and beat Colonel 

 Pearson's brilliant mare 

 Achievement, who was 

 evidently not herself, 

 for she ran a dead 

 heat for second with 

 so moderate a filly as 

 Romping Girl. In 1871 



the Palace Stables at Newmarket, presided over by Hayhoe, had a wonderful year, 

 for " Baron Meyer " won the Thousand Guineas, the Oaks, and the Leger right off 

 the reel with Hannah by King Tom, who had also sired Kingcraft, the Derby winner 

 of the year before ; Favonius and Tom French secured the Derby ; Corisande and 

 Maidment won the Cesarewitch. No wonder " Follow the Baron " is a watchword 

 of the Turf that will live as long in history as the "superb groan " of Lord George 

 Bentinck, or the "blue ribbon" of Disraeli. Among other notable victories were 

 the Royal Hunt Cup with Jasper in 1867, the Ascot Stakes with Hippolyta and 

 Tomato in 1864 and 1865, five victories in the Woodcote Stakes at Epsom, the 

 Goodwood Cup with Favonius in 1872, and the Alexandra Plate at Ascot with 



"Derides" (1898) by " Florizel If." 



