HENRY SAVILE 



of Wales's Stakes at Ascot, the head was in 

 Kaiser's favour. It is difficult to recall another 

 such instance of true running, though the Derby 

 and Leger battles of Lord Lyon and Savernake 

 naturally recur to one's mind. I am inclined to 

 estimate Kaiser as a shade better than Gang 

 Forward, as the latter was ridden by Tom Chaloner 

 in each of their three battles, and had a decided 

 pull on the score of jockeyship. In addition to 

 beating his old opponent in the Prince of Wales's 

 Stakes, Kaiser won a couple more races at Ascot, 

 and a victory in the Great Yorkshire Stakes, 

 though he had nothing better than Chivalrous 

 behind him, caused him to start a strong favourite 

 for the St. Leger, even in the face of Doncaster 

 and JNIarie Stuart. It was public money that was 

 mainly responsible for this state of affairs, as, in a 

 rough gallop with Uhlan about a fortnight before 

 Doncaster, Gilbert discovered that the colt was by 

 no means at his best, and INIr. Savile did not, there- 

 fore, back him at all in his customary dashing 

 fashion. Kaiser was always troubled with inter- 

 mittent string halt of a very pronounced nature. 

 He would lift his off hind-leg fully tliree feet off 

 the ground, hold it there and shake it. On one 

 occasion, whilst going through this singular per- 

 formance, he fell right over on his side, and, after 

 this, two men were always in attendance, when 

 the attack was on him, to prop him up. The 

 curious thing about it was that he was not within 

 10 lb. as good a colt when he was perfectly sound, 

 as when suffering from string halt. Before going 

 to Ascot he was so bad with it that he had to be 

 walked round the paddocks for a couple of hours 

 before it was possible to box him ; whilst prior to 

 the Newmarket Derby he had such a bad attack 

 that it was a difficult matter to get him to the 



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