A GREAT YEAR 



but he could not hide his vexation. He always 



occupied a box at Doncaster in which he entertained 



his friends at lunch. I happened to be alone with him 



after the race. He gazed across the course and 



murmured, " And I give that jockey £2000 a year to 



ride for me ! " I was half inclined to reply, " If 



you had not done so you would have been £8000 in 



pocket," but it was not the time for such a comment. 



In 191 1 Lord Derby had a great year, coming first 



with a substantial balance of £42,721, two bearers of 



the black jacket, white cap standing out. It would 



perhaps be guessed offhand that Swynford, the famous 



son of John o' Gaunt and Canterbury Pilgrim, did 



most, but as a matter of fact Stedfast earned more 



money for the stable. The son of Chaucer and Be 



Sure started with the Prince of Wales's Stakes at 



Ascot, £1725, and then took the St. James's Palace, 



exactly £1700. Going on to his owner's home 



meeting, Stedfast won the Atlantic Stakes, £1719, 



and at Goodwood the Sussex Stakes, £637. The 



Great Yorkshire Stakes produced £1133, and he 



walked over for the Doncaster Stakes, £495. His 



richest prize was the Jockey Club Stakes, £7841, and 



he wound up the season brilliantly by beating Prince 



Palatine for the Kingsclere Stakes at Newbury, earning 



in all £16,079. Swynford won the Chippenham 



Plate, the Hardwicke, the Princess of Wales's Stakes, 



£3265 and the Eclipse, £8735, in a11 £ l 4#°4> 



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