THE GRADUAL RISE 



Mr. Walter Raphael's Tagamor, a 7 to 4 favourite, 

 by a head, Margarethal being a 20 to 1 outsider. 

 Nicky Nan won a race, but Lord Glanely had by this 

 time got rid of him. The eight stakes produced 

 £3608. 



Grand Fleet reappeared for the Two Thousand of 

 1 9 1 7, supposed to have an outside chance, for 1 00 to 7 

 was taken about him. At this period Gay Crusader 

 was supreme, and he won, though only by a head 

 from a stable companion, the present Lord Astor's 

 Magpie; Athdara — one of the last occasions on which 

 he was persuaded to gallop — third in front of Mr. 

 Reid Walker's Invincible. When horses take part 

 in classic races handicappers take notice. Grand 

 Fleet, sent to Ireland to run for the St. Patrick's 

 Stakes at the Curragh, had 8 st. 9 lb. allotted to him. 

 That meant giving 1 1 lb. to Quarryman, the same 

 weight to By Jingo, a prospective Gold Cup winner, 

 and Grand Fleet had his journey in vain. Returning 

 to England he met a good field in the July Handicap 

 at Newmarket. Here Mr. J. L. Dugdale's Foxton 

 was favourite and justified the selection by beating the 

 very useful Quarryman, who soon afterwards went to 

 India to become one of the leading performers there. 

 Magpie, it may be noted, was bought by an Australian 

 owner for whom he did good service. 



Many spectators thought that Grand Fleet had won 

 the Salford Borough Handicap at Manchester. He 

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