THE GREAT YEAR 



28. Willblend, bay gelding by William Rufus — 



Pitch Blend. 



29. Skyfuse, bay gelding by Glenesky — Melton 



Fuse. 



30. Cutty Sark, chestnut colt by Cocyra — 



Apparel. 



Two or three others came up in the course of the 

 season from Lord Glanely's paddocks ; nothing, how- 

 ever, as will appear in the course of the narrative, of 

 special note. 



The colours were soon displayed. On the first day 

 of the season at Lincoln, March 24th, He came out 

 for a race called the Victory Handicap, backed at 

 even money ; for though he carried 9 st. the four 

 opposed to him were moderate animals. The start 

 was unprofitable, Lord Zetland's Kroo Boy II. and 

 Mr. Dunkerly's old horse Parrot dead-heating in front 

 of Mr. A. E. Barton's Jack Role. Royal Welsh was 

 also beaten this day in the Welbeck Three-Year-Old 

 Handicap, but he was not expected to win. Lincoln 

 thus yielded nothing, and none of the horses ran later 

 in the week at Liverpool, where six of the fourteen flat 

 races were won by Lord Derby. The black ; red, 

 white, and blue belt, was not seen again until Leicester, 

 when Royal Welsh failed in a Three-Year-Old Handi- 

 cap, as did Lancovil in the Worksop Maiden Plate. 

 The first victory of the season was gained on 

 the second day, the Wigston Plate, which went 



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