GLADIATEUR 



riding Brahma for Lord Westmoreland, always 

 maintained that, had he not shouted to him to 

 go along, he would never have seen Christmas 

 Carol, and allowed himself to be beaten. Had 

 this occurred, about the very best thing ever 

 known in the history of the Turf would have been 

 upset, for Gladiateur's trial for the Derby seems 

 almost incredible. There were four in it, but 

 Fille de I'Air was the one that really asked him 

 the question, and the Oaks winner of the preceding 

 year was in rare form, having won three races in 

 France and the same number in England already 

 that season, without having once known defeat. 

 They were galloped a mile and a half on the 

 Limekilns, and Gladiateur actually gave the filly 

 a year and 8 lb., and 35 lb. to each of two other 

 four-year-olds, and not only won, but fairly made 

 rings round them all. After his Epsom victory 

 the Grand Prize of Paris was very plain sailing, 

 for the travelling kept the big horse light without 

 the necessity of doing much work. John Scott 

 always maintained that to win a race with a three- 

 year-old at Goodwood meant the forfeiting of 

 his St. Leger chance. The history of the Turf 

 since the palmy days of the "Wizard of the 

 North" scarcely confirms this theory, and it was 

 not accepted by Jennings, for Gladiateur won 

 the Drawing-Room Stakes on the Goodwood 

 Wednesday, and walked over for the Bentinck 

 Memorial on the following day. It is hardly fair, 

 however, to instance this as a strong argument 

 against the truth of John Scott's contention. He 

 doubtless meant that with a horse who required 

 a great deal of work, and was bound to be thor- 

 oughly wound up before he was capable of showing 

 winning form, it was very fatal policy to interfere 

 with a steady preparation for Doncaster by 



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