THE DUKE OF PORTLAND 



pace all through. Old Tristan was scarcely in his 

 best form that season, but, in any case, he was 

 set an impossible task. After this " trial " it is 

 not surprising that St. Simon was unopposed for 

 the Epsom Gold Cup, and only such a genuine 

 sportsman as the late M. Lefevre invariably 

 proved himself would have pulled out Tristan 

 against him in the Gold Cup at Ascot, for they 

 met upon exactly the same terms as at Newmarket, 

 and the race was a mere procession, the three- 

 year-old winning by twenty lengths, with a proved 

 stayer like Faugh-a-Ballagh more than that dis- 

 tance behind Tristan. Then came a Gold Cup, 

 run over a mile course, at Gosforth Park, in 

 which St. Simon simply played with Chislehurst, 

 who was only asked to give him 8 lb. for the year, 

 and the wind-up came in the Goodwood Cup, 

 in which he had only Ossian and Friday to beat, 

 and " won in a canter by twenty lengths " was the 

 natural result. It seems a pity that he was not 

 kept in training for another season or two, yet 

 it is impossible that he could have done anything 

 to add to his reputation. All courses were alike 

 to him ; not only was he never beaten, but he was 

 never even made to gallop, and I do not suppose 

 that Matthew Dawson himself had any idea 

 how good he really was. The financial results of 

 running even such a wonder as this for a couple of 

 seasons, without engagements, were by no means 

 satisfactory, as will be seen by the following : — 



1883. 



Halnaker Stakes (Goodwood) . . £370 



Maiden Stakes (Goodwood) . . . 100 



Devonshire Nursery Plate (Derby) . 489 15 



Prince of Wales's Nursery Plate (Doneaster) 397 



Match (Newmarket) .... 500 



£1856 15 

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