THE GREAT YEAR 



Mr. A. de Rothschild's Vivat Rex, 3 yrs., 



8 st. 8 lb. - - - - - G. Hulme 

 Mr. R. G. Knight's Neville Holt, aged, 7 st. 



10 lb. (car. 7 st. 11 lb.) - - - - E. Piper 



Mr. S. Wootton's Momette, 4 yrs., *6 st. 9 lb. A. Smith 

 Lord Cholmondeley's Promoter, 5 yrs., *6 st. 



9 lb. J. Hine 



* 5 lb. apprentice allowance deducted. 

 Even Somerset Lassie, 3/1 agst. Starsheen, 5/1 Momette, 7/1 

 Vivat Rex. Won by i£ lengths, same second and third. 



A week later the same filly carried off the Wyfold 

 Handicap at Wolverhampton. 



WOLVERHAMPTON Summer Meeting. Monday, August 18th. 

 WYFOLD HANDICAP of £300, of which second reed. £20 ; 

 winners extra ; entr. £6, 3 ft., 6 fur. straight. (28 ents. 

 —£274-) 

 Lord Glanely's ch.f. Somerset Lassie, by 



Quantock — The Waif, 3 yrs., 7 st. 13 lb. 



(inch 7 lb. extra) R. Cooper 1 



Mr. 0. W. Rayner's Verdun, 6 yrs., 9 st. - F. Templeman 2 

 Mrs. Rudd's Safety Pin, 4 yrs., 7 st. (car. 



7 st. 6 lb.) F. Fox 3 



Mr. J. J. Cowap's Merry Aldford, 3 yrs., 



6 st. 9 lb. (car. 6 st. 10 lb.) - - - A. Flanagan 



5/4 agst. Somerset Lassie, 9/4 Verdun, 5/2 Safety Pin, 20/1 

 Merry Aldford. Won by i| lengths, head second and third ; 

 Merry Aldford jumped across Safety Pin at the start, and 

 caused him to lose two or three lengths ; Merry Aldford took 

 no part in the race. An objection to the winner, by the rider 

 of the third, on the ground of bumping and crossing, was over- 

 ruled, but the deposit money was returned. 



With the exception of Bright Folly it will be seen 



that the two-year-olds were not doing well, and the 



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