THE GRADUAL RISE 



is busily engaged as a hurdle jumper after a strenuous 

 season on the flat, the son of Pipistrello — own brother 

 to Flying Fox — and Derelict, ran half a dozen times, 

 never coming nearer to success than when third for 

 the Speedy Two-Year-Old Plate at Windsor. In all 

 eleven races, adding up to £2233, were the result of 

 the season. 



Luck was against the stable in 19 14. Only three 

 of the runners scored, and they took no more than a 

 single race each. If Quantock were to win anything, 

 however, it was intended that it should be something 

 worth winning, it having been settled that his desti- 

 nation should be the stud. By way of a start he was 

 sent for the Chieveley Handicap at Newbury, not 

 much fancied then, as he was when next out for the 

 Prince Albert Handicap at Sandown. He and Glen- 

 cairn there shared favouritism, but neither got into the 

 first three, Mr. R. Mills's Iron Duke winning from 

 Mr. R. J. Farquharson's Mount William. The 

 previous season Mount William had been backed at 

 Newmarket to give 7 lb. to The Tetrarch, a circum- 

 stance which now seems rather odd, though at the same 

 time Mount William won a number of good races 

 and was more than merely useful. The horse, 

 I may interpolate, appeared to be much attached to 

 his owner and trainer. One morning on the Heath 

 at Newmarket Whalley was riding him a canter when 

 Mount William caught sight of Mr. Farquharson 



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