LORD FALMOUTH 



shaking off F'almouth, the pair racing home half a 

 dozen lengths in front of their nearest attendant. 

 Falmouth was a bay colt by Glenlyon out of 

 Dewdrop, and was one of the most curious 

 examples that can be found of a horse completely 

 failing to fulfil his early promise. Originally the 

 property of Joseph Dawson, he landed his first 

 two races " running away," and his close finish 

 with such a wonder as Wheel of Fortune re- 

 dounded even more highly to his credit. He did 

 not appear in public again as a two-year-old, and 

 was shortly afterwards sold to Mr. F. Gretton. 

 Possibly his great effort at York broke his heart, 

 for he never won another race. A moderate' 

 animal like Sir Bevys finished many lengths in 

 front of him for the Derby, and, after various 

 other failures, Mr. Gretton passed him on to Mr. 

 Fred Swindells, even that experienced tactician 

 failing to ^et a race out of him. For the 

 remainder of the season Wheel of Fortune's tasks 

 were of the easiest description, as she was not 

 engaged in the JMiddle Park Plate, and had little 

 to beat in the Dewhurst Plate, so she wound up 

 with half a dozen brackets to her credit, and not a 

 single defeat to spoil their symmetry. Her three- 

 year-old labours began with the One Thousand, 

 in which her seven opponents were so moderate 

 that it was marvellous that the ring should have 

 accepted 75 to 40 on her ; they were fielding for 

 Reconciliation, a Prince Charlie filly belonging to 

 Mr. Bowes, who had won the Column Produce 

 Stakes at the Newmarket Craven INIeeting, up- 

 setting the odds of 7 to 1 that were laid on 

 Charibert. Of course this performance looked 

 better than ever when the latter won the Two 

 Thousand, but it would always have taken a great 

 deal of weight to have brought him and Wheel of 



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