A GREAT YEAR 



close at hand, and stopped so suddenly that he nearly- 

 shot his jockey over his head. A representative field 

 went to the post for the Stewards' Handicap at the 

 Kempton Park Spring Meeting, Golden Sun — who 

 not long after dead-heated for the Stewards' Cup — 

 Great Surprise, Prester Jack, Sleipner, Castellan, 

 sixteen in all, the speedy Adular winning the race. 

 He was of Hungarian origin, by a horse called Bogdany, 

 and took three other stakes during the season. 



There were, it will be seen, certain races for which 

 the horses were accustomed to run year after year. 

 For the Empire Stakes at Newbury Iron Duke stood 

 chiefly in the way, and in view of what had happened 

 at Sandown it seemed a little hard that Quantock 

 should have had to give Mr. Mills's horse 1 1 lb. He 

 could not do it, nor did either of the two races in which 

 he took part at Goodwood result in his favour, Golden 

 Sun just mentioned dead-heating with the previous 

 year's winner Lord Annandale for the Stewards' Cup, 

 and in the King George Stakes Quantock squandered 

 what chance he might have had by swinging round 

 at the start and bolting. In this race an extraordi- 

 narily distinguished company of sprinters were con- 

 cerned, including Harmonicon, Flying Orb, Great 

 Surprise, Maiden Erlegh, Hornet's Beauty, Forward 

 II, and Torchlight. La La had been disposed of; 

 Greenmeadow made three abortive attempts, as did 

 Maid of Sker ; Little Mabel, a daughter of Land 



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