LORD FALMOUTH 



had the luck of being allowed to walk over 

 on no fewer than three occasions, so that her 

 seven brackets were pretty easily earned. Indeed, 

 she was never really extended until the Criterion 

 Stakes, in which she only beat Clementine by 

 a neck, with Lord Clive, who subsequently 

 distinguished himself over hurdles, beaten a 

 head for second place. Her three-year-old season 

 opened with the first reverse that she had yet 

 sustained, Pilgrimage, who had won the Two 

 Thousand a couple of days previously, beating 

 her by three -parts of a length for the One 

 Thousand. There is no doubt that this form wa§ 

 right enough, and that Pilgrimage was the better 

 filly of the two, and would have repeated the 

 dose in the Oaks, but for her faulty fore-legs. 

 These were very ill -adapted to bear the strain 

 of the descent from Tattenham Corner ; indeed, 

 she broke down in the race and ended her 

 active career, so that she did wonders in running 

 Jannette to a length, the pair finishing a very 

 long way in front of Clementine and the rest 

 of the field. At the same time the betting at the 

 start of the One Thousand was very curious, 

 and certainly conveyed the impression that 

 Jannette had not wintered well. It is easy to 

 understand slight odds being laid on Pilgrimage, 

 who had just defeated Insulaire, Sefton, Child- 

 eric, and half a dozen others for the Two 

 Thousand, but why should 25 to 1 have been 

 obtainable about the then unbeaten Jannette, 

 whilst one - fifth of those odds were accepted 

 about Clementine, who was behind Lord 

 Falmouth's filly in the Criterion ? Moreover, 

 Jannette's Ascot running points in the same 

 direction, for Insulaire polished her off without 

 an effort in the Ascot Derby. In any case she 



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