JAMES MERRY 



King of Trumps filly who did excellent service 

 in the "Mexican blue" of Mr. Pryor. After a 

 hollow victory in a Biennial at York, the pair met 

 again in the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster ; this 

 time Fordham was on Sunshine, and her head 

 advantage over ^lantilla was extended to a length 

 and a half. Still Mr. Pryor was not satisfied, or, 

 as I am inclined to think was the case, owners in 

 those days were more inclined to battle with each 

 other than they are at the present time, so, at 

 the Second October fleeting, JNIantilla entered 

 an appeal against the Goodwood and Doncaster 

 verdicts. This was in a 300 sov. sweepstake for 

 two-year-old fillies over the T.Y.C., which was 

 reduced to a match, and the former judgments 

 were confirmed. Sunshine getting home on this 

 occasion by three parts of a length. Two days 

 later came the historical JNIiddle Park Plate, every 

 incident connected with which must be so familiar 

 to all who take the slightest interest in Turf lore 

 that I need scarcely travel the already well-beaten 

 track. James Waugh has always maintained that 

 Sunshine was unlucky to lose, and that Daley 

 was too intent on beating Tom French on King- 

 craft to notice the danger from Chaloner and 

 Frivolity until too late to avert a head defeat. 

 Still as the Russley filly only beat Kingcraft by a 

 short head for second place, she must surely have 

 been ridden clean out, whilst it is worth noting 

 that Frivolity's only reverse during that season 

 was sustained in a half-mile race at the Epsom 

 Summer Meeting, in which Pate, a very speedy 

 Macaroni filly, just did her by a neck, so we may 

 probably accept the form as it stands. 



It is a commonly accepted opinion that the 

 severity of this wonderful finish completely ruined 

 the three that took part in it, and, as far as 



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