LORD FALMOUTH 



repeat them in public, for Lord Falmouth declared 

 to win with him ; Archer rode him, leaving the 

 mount on Lady Golightly to Morris, and he was 

 a very hot favourite at 6 to 5 on. In the result, 

 Lady Golightly won as she liked by three lengths, 

 and Sleipnir was last of the half-dozen runners. 

 When a thing like this can occur in a stable in 

 which both owner and trainer are absolutely above 

 suspicion, it induces the reflection that many of 

 us may be far too apt to suspect fraud in Turf 

 matters where none reaUy exists. The filly's 

 second to Silvio in the St. Leger has already 

 been mentioned, but she did not leave Doncaster- 

 empty-handed, as she picked up both the Park 

 Hill and the Doncaster Stakes on the Friday. 

 Indeed, she was in rare form that autumn, com- 

 pletely reversing the One Thousand running with 

 Belphcebe in the Newmarket Oaks, and winding 

 up her labours for the year with ten wins out of 

 fifteen attempts. As is so often the case, she was 

 never so good again as towards the close of her 

 second season, and her career as a four-year-old 

 presents no features of interest. She was always 

 somewhat nervous and fidgety when in training, 

 and could never be tied up whilst she was being 

 dressed over, it being necessary to have a man at 

 her head whilst that process was in operation. 



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