A GREAT YEAR 



of the forty-five victories by which the total was 

 gained : because this, with comment on the subjects 

 to which it leads, would in a great measure serve as a 

 history of the Turf during the period under discussion. 



Lord Glanely not only obtained his position at the 

 head of the list, but did so handsomely by a margin of 

 £7751. It appears specially appropriate that the 

 owner who attains supremacy should include the 

 Derby among his year's spoils, and this was the case 

 in 19 19, the Blue Riband being won by a colt, Grand 

 Parade, whose merit for reasons presently to be set 

 forth has certainly been underrated, though, as it 

 happens, Lord Glanely did not owe his lead to the 

 successes of a single horse as has almost invariably 

 been the case with those who have accumulated most 

 money. Little races, medium sized and big ones, 

 make up the total we are about to investigate, and it 

 includes what so far as I remember or have been able 

 to ascertain has never been accomplished before, the 

 taking of precisely a quarter of the stakes in the Ascot 

 Programme. That alone makes the year memorable 

 for the owner who achieved it. At the Royal Meeting 

 during the four afternoons twenty-eight races are 

 invariably run, and the owner of the black jacket, red, 

 white and blue belt, won seven of them. 



It may be well to take a glance at those who have been 

 at the head of the list for, let us say, the last quarter 

 of a century, and one detail to be noted is the very 



