A GREAT YEAR 



Greatorex by more than three lengths in the Dewhurst. 

 As a three-year-old he first ran in the Bennington 

 Stakes at the Craven Meeting, a race which those who 

 saw it will not forget, as it was run in a blizzard of 

 snow, which rendered the colours well-nigh if not 

 actually indistinguishable to occupants of the Private 

 Stand. His other outings were in the Two Thousand, 

 the Derby, the St. James's Palace Stakes and the Leger, 

 which meant an accumulation of £18,425 of the 

 £24,768 which Sir James totalled, nearly £2000 of 

 the balance coming from Rondeau, whilst Pharisee 

 won the Durdans Plate, worth nearly another £1000. 

 Rock Sand did even better as a four-year-old than he 

 had done as a three. He started with a failure, being 

 beaten for the Coronation Cup at Epsom by Zinfandel 

 and Sceptre. This was his only defeat, and he went 

 on to win the Hardwicke Stakes at Ascot, £2404, the 

 Princess of Wales's Stakes, £7185, the Lingfield Park 

 Plate, £2420, the First Foal Stakes at the Newmarket 

 Second July, £275, and the Jockey Club Stakes, 

 £7435, making in all £19,719. Pharisee was not 

 idle and helped towards the £27,928, as did Amitie, 

 a filly in whom Sir James was particularly interested, 

 as she was a daughter of Chaleureux, with whom he 

 won the Cesarewitch, and of La Sagesse, with whom 

 he won the Oaks. It need hardly be said that there 

 is something specially gratifying in the victory of home- 

 bred horses. 



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