THE GREAT YEAR 



NEWMARKET Craven Meeting. Thursday, April 24th. 



BABRAHAM PLATE (Handicap) of £500, of which second 

 reed. £50 ; entr. £8, 3 ft., last i| m. of Cesarewitch Course 

 (13 ents.— £442.) 

 Lord Glanely's b.c. He, by Santoi — She, 4 



yrs., 8 st. 7 lb. A. Smith I 



Mr. R. W. Tilley's Morning Star, 4 yrs., 7 st. 



6 lb. H. Allsop 2 



Lord Wilton's Jack Point, 4 yrs., 8 st. 2 lb. - T. Leader 3 

 Mr. W. M. Cazelet's Silver Bullet, 4 yrs., 8 st. J. Brennan - 

 Mr. J. A. Dunkerley's Parrot, aged, 7 st. 10 lb. P. Jones - 



Mr. Reid Walker's Tom Pepper, 4 yrs., 7 st. 4 lb. J. Shatwell - 

 Mr. P. W. Carr's Warwick, 5 yrs., 7 st. 3 lb. - A. Flanagan - 



7/2 agst. He and Morning Star, 4/1 Tom Pepper, 11/2 War- 

 wick, 7/1 Silver Bullet, 10/1 Parrot, and 100/8 Jack Point. 

 Won by 6 lengths, same second and third. Shatwell and 

 Flanagan complained that the Starter dispatched the rest of 

 the field when their horses were turned round and walking 

 away from the gate. The Stewards heard the evidence of the 

 jockeys and Starter. The latter admitted that he was to blame 

 because he was paying too much attention to another fretful 

 horse in the race. The Stewards pointed out to the Starter 

 that on no account should the chances of other horses be 

 sacrificed by paying undue attention to an unruly horse. 



Exford ran well for the Wood Ditton Stakes. He 

 was not likely to have beaten a really good horse like 

 Manilardo at even weights, and Manilardo won, but 

 Exford finished a neck behind the Due Decazes's 

 Rapidan, on whom odds were laid, and in the succeed- 

 ing race, the Severals Stakes, Starshot ran second to 

 Mr. S. B. Joel's Racket, the favourite, Sir George 

 Noble's Clarion a head behind Starshot at even 

 weights. A more important event was impending, 



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