A GREAT YEAR 



borough was considered to stand out, indeed he did 

 so to such an extent that his backers were agreeably 

 surprised at being able to lay as little as 1 3 to 8 on him, 

 the next quotation being 8 to 1, taken about Zinovia. 

 Treclare here again was at 20 to 1, a remunerative 

 investment for those who supported him both ways, 

 as he ran a creditable third to Gainsborough and his 

 stable companion Blink. A placed horse in the Derby 

 does much to qualify for the stud. Treclare only 

 ran once more, and what occurred furnished un- 

 mistakable evidence that he could not have been 

 nearly himself. As just observed, he had given 

 Jutland 22 lb. in the Spring ; at the Newmarket 

 Second July in the Dullingham Plate Treclare was 

 beaten, though no more than a short head, in an 

 attempt to give Jutland merely 4 lb. 



White Squall comes into the story as winner of the 

 Mildenhall Plate. She was allowed to try her luck 

 in the New Oaks, though it was realised that she could 

 not be in the least likely to beat My Dear. It was not 

 a little surprising that Scatwell should have failed to 

 score throughout the entire season. He began by 

 running second for the Column Produce Stakes to 

 Lord Durham's Callander, though seeing that Callander 

 was quite a useful colt there was no discredit in inability 

 to give him as much as 1 8 lb. It was not supposed 

 that Scatwell had lost his form, so little was this the 

 case, indeed, that for the Two Thousand he started 



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