JAMES MERRY 



decipherable pulp. The trainer remembers, how- 

 ever, that Liddington and St. Mungo were in the 

 trial, and Belladrum must have been asked to do 

 something extraordinary with the old horse, for, 

 when Mr. Merry arranged the weights to be 

 carried, Waugh said, " Mr. INIerry, no two-year- 

 old in the world could beat Liddington at these 

 weights." Belladrum's two -year -old career fur- 

 nished proof positive that the first question asked 

 him was an impossible one, as he won ten of the 

 twelve engagements he fulfilled that year, whilst a 

 fair excuse can be brought forward for each of his 

 two defeats. When Ryshworth beat him a head 

 for the Troy Stakes at Stockbridge, Fordham had 

 really won his race and was easing his mount, 

 and Daley, who was on the point of ceasing to 

 persevere, saw his opportunity, came again, and 

 just won by a head. At the same time there was 

 very little between these two, for, when they met 

 in the New Stakes at Ascot, there was only a head 

 in Belladrum's favour; whilst, in the Bentinck 

 Memorial at Goodwood, which was reduced to a 

 match between them, the head was stretched to 

 half a length, the jockeys being reversed on this 

 occasion, as Daley was on the winner, and Ford- 

 ham rode Ryshworth. Belladrum's only other de- 

 feat in his first season occurred in the Champagne 

 Stakes at Doncaster, Sir Joseph Hawley's Morna, 

 a Beadsman filly, who subsequently won the One 

 Thousand, and was second to Brigantine in the 

 Oaks, obtaining a head verdict from him. A short 

 time prior to this race he had hit his leg, and 

 was consequently short of work, whilst, to make 

 matters worse, Daley was very late in weighing 

 out, and the other three runners were in charge 

 of the starter before he had left the paddock. 

 This made him gallop Belladrum down to the post 



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