A GREAT YEAR 



Armant, Mr. F. T. Benson's Ciceromar, Mr. Kennedy- 

 Jones's Castleton, Mr. Lewisohn's Coronis, Mr. A. F. 

 Basset's Archiestown, Sir Edward Hulton's Pennant 

 and others who required much beating. " Archies- 

 town and Tingvalla dwelt at the start and lost ground." 

 So the Racing Calendar states. One is tempted to 

 ask if the last three words are necessary. If a horse 

 dwells at the start loss of ground is surely inevitable ! 

 Another useful addition to the stable was The 

 Revenge, a son of The White Knight and Santa Flora, 

 then a three-year-old. He had not run the previous 

 season, but hit the mark the first time he did duty, in 

 the Spring Three-Year-Old Maiden Stakes at Newbury. 

 At Sandown in the Tudor Plate he fell, as did the 

 favourite, Lord Rosebery's Vaucluse. A victory in the 

 Kempton Maiden Plate at Kempton followed, but then 

 came a string of defeats, he being asked to do a good 

 deal, in some cases a great deal. He ran in Pommern's 

 substitute Derby, also for the Irish Derby ; having 

 shown himself to be a stayer he started second favourite 

 for the Middle Miles Handicap at the Newmarket 

 Fifth Extra in September, ran for the Cesarewitch, for 

 the Rutland Stakes at the Houghton, second to the 

 four-year-old Golden Rule, giving him 8 lb. and the 

 year. Nicky Nan has perhaps a somewhat feminine 

 sound, but he was a son of St. Frusquin and Belle 

 Poule. He won a Selling Plate at Salisbury, after 

 which no one would bid for him and he did not long 



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