A GREAT YEAR 



CHAPTER I 



"THE HEAD OF THE LIST" 



In the year 191 9 no fewer than 551 owners of horses 

 shared in the distribution of a sum of ^588,587 15s. — 

 it is as well to be strictly accurate, so the shillings are 

 not omitted, and it may be incidentally noted that one 

 of the richest prizes ever won on the Turf, the Lanca- 

 shire Plate at Manchester in 1891, secured by the 

 Chevalier Ginistrelli's Signorina, amounted to the 

 remarkable sum of ^10,222 10s. iod. In the total 

 mentioned for 191 9 as many as forty-five owners 

 barely contrived to qualify for a place by winning a 

 single event worth the minimum permissible under 

 Jockey Club Rules, j£ioo. Of the remainder, nine- 

 teen owners were credited with prizes of not less than 

 ^5000. At the head of the list came Lord Glanely 

 with ^30,654 1 os., a total which it may be remarked 

 does not include place money ; and it has seemed to 

 me that it would be interesting to compile a record 



