THE GRADUAL RISE 



Here odds of 2 to i were laid on Captain Giles Loder's 

 Molly Desmond, the daughter of Desmond and Pretty- 

 Polly, who had won both the races for which she 

 started. She was beaten a head by Mr. J. B. Joel's 

 North Star, Grand Fleet giving 3 lb., third, beaten 

 two lengths from the second ; and he was again third 

 for the Criterion. Mr. Fairie's Gay Crusader, 8 st. 



8 lb., won a head from Molly Desmond, Grand Fleet 



9 st. 4 lb. only a neck away. It will have been per- 

 ceived that he was a colt of the highest class. 



At Gatwick in 19 16 the first meeting of the year 

 took place, and Tingvalla was sent to run. She never 

 quite fulfilled her early promise. In the Horley 

 Handicap carrying only 6 st. 9 lb. she did nothing, an 

 excuse perhaps being that she was not expected to do 

 much thus early in the season. Advanced in condition 

 she was brought out at the Newmarket Second Extra 

 against some extremely formidable opponents, notably 

 Lord Derby's Phalaris and Mr. Hulton's Torloisk. 

 Tingvalla was backed, unremuneratively however. 

 At the Newmarket First July a humbler occupation 

 was found for her. She ran for an Apprentice Plate 

 and won it by a neck from Pennant, who was giving 

 her 15 lb. This of course does not say very much 

 for her form, except indeed that form can seldom be 

 judged with accuracy when apprentices are riding. 

 She made a much more ambitious attempt at Windsor 

 in the £1000 St. George's Handicap, for here were 



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