THE GREAT YEAR 



Major J. B. Paget's Flying Duck, 7 st. 10 lb. E. Lancaster - 

 Mrs. Howard's Energy, 7 st. 4 lb. (carr. 7 st. 



5 lb.) G. Hulme 



Lord Jersey's Calypso, 7 st. 4 lb. - - - H. Robbins 



9/4 agst. Longslip, 4/1 each Royal Welsh and Chat Tor, 

 7/1 Calypso, 8/1 Roi Hero, 10/1 Flying Duck. Won by £ length, 

 6 lengths second and third. 



Starshot was second to Knight of the Air for the 

 Ely Plate, and Great Elm took part in the First Spring 

 Two-Year-Old Stakes, not to be seen again ; but in 

 the Two Thousand Guineas Dominion must certainly 

 be admitted to have done admirably. By this time 

 The Panther, though he had not been out, had seriously 

 damaged his reputation owing to well-founded reports 

 of temper and trickiness. Odds of 10 to 1 were to be 

 had about him by those who cared to take what was 

 admittedly a heavy risk. Of the two Manton colts 

 Lord Basil was now so much preferred to Buchan that 

 their prices were 2 to 1 and 100 to 8 respectively, 

 Stefan the Great sharing Lord Basil's eminence. 

 Tangiers, Iron Hand and Bruff Bridge found casual 

 supporters ; against Dominion 100 to 6 was forth- 

 coming. The race was to end in a surprise. Stefan 

 the Great ran very badly, and was never seen again on 

 a racecourse. Mr. H. S. Persse's skilful patching did 

 not avail. Lord Basil could or would do nothing. 

 The Panther, for once amenable, ran straight and won 

 by a neck from Buchan, the Manton colt having much 

 difficulty in shaking off Dominion, who finished three 



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