THE GREAT YEAR 



before the great event, and now a horrible suspi- 

 cion arose that it might be impossible to get him 

 to the post. What sort of a colt Grand Parade 

 really was may be judged from the fact that a 

 month before the Derby he had been asked to 

 give He the year and 3 lb., a task he had 

 accomplished with ease. As will presently be seen 

 He won the Coronation Cup from Galloper Light 

 at weight for age, and Mr. A. de Rothschild's 

 colt was good enough to win the Grand Prix. 

 The fear was the more exasperating because through 

 Dominion, who as will have been seen was able to 

 furnish a clear line to the three-year-old form, 

 Grand Parade could also be made out to possess 

 a superlative chance ; but the necessary stoppage of 

 work seemed likely to prove fatal, and it consequently 

 appeared that if Lord Glanely was to win the Derby 

 it must be by the aid of his second string. 



The scare to some extent abated. A few days' 

 cessation from hard work had a beneficial effect. On 

 the morning of the race Grand Parade was fit and well 

 enough to run without much fear of his breaking down. 

 Whether the stoppage had so affected the colt as to 

 bring him to the level of Dominion nothing but the 

 race could show. Arthur Smith, the stable jockey ? 

 was allowed his choice of the pair. Presumably he 

 had been able to form a judgment as to which had 

 the better chance, and without hesitation he chose 



