A GREAT YEAR 



on the opening day at Lincoln, and Almere for the 

 Canwick Maiden Plate. Scatwell gave hope for the 

 belief that the stable was not out of form by running 

 second for the Lincolnshire Handicap, as did Grand 

 Fleet for the Liverpool Cup later in the week. But 

 at Liverpool Skyfuse, Glenhattie, Willblend, and Sea 

 Song all failed. Great Elm missed the Clumber 

 Plate at Nottingham, Glenhattie made a fruitless 

 journey to Leicester, as did Batusha. Almere tried 

 again in the Dicker Hill Maiden Plate at Birmingham, 

 and no good luck was in store at Newbury, where 

 Willblend was second for the Berkshire Three- Year- 

 Old Handicap, Powerful being less conspicuous in 

 the Spring Cup, and Polymagnus failing in the Spring 

 Three- Year-Old Maiden Stakes. At the Craven 

 Meeting Sea Song was beaten for the Crawfurd Plate, 

 Lahloo for the Babraham Plate, Brilliant Jester 

 for the Severals Stakes, and Exford for an Ap- 

 prentice Plate. Somerset Lassie was not much 

 expected for the Great Surrey Handicap at the 

 Epsom Spring Meeting and went far to destroy 

 her chance by a bad start. Mighty Power was 

 beaten for the Esher Cup, and at the Newmarket 

 First Spring Meeting Danebury, a son of Sunstar and 

 Mira II., went down in the Two-Year-Old Stakes, as 

 did Gwenllian in the Risby Plate, Polymagnus in the 

 Two Thousand, Sea Song in the Bretby Stakes and 

 Bidna in the Littlecourt Plate. Truly it was time that 



