THE GREAT YEAR 



something got home, and on the 29th April The 

 Midshipmite won the March Stakes, somewhat un- 

 expectedly, for odds of 7 to 4 were laid on his solitary 

 opponent, Lord Penrhyn's Perion. This had to a 

 certain extent broken the luck, but there were several 

 more failures before Powerful carried off the Sunning- 

 dale Welter Handicap at Kempton on the 8th May, 

 this being the race which immediately followed the 

 Jubilee, for which Grand Fleet ran, starting, however, 

 at 20 to 1. 



More than a month elapsed before the colours were 

 again carried to the front by Brilliant Jester, who won 

 the Dorking Welter Handicap at Gatwick on the 

 11th June, and on the 25th of that month Starshot 

 earned ^855 by taking the Duke of Cambridge 

 Handicap at the Newmarket First July. Cutty Sark 

 contributed ^412 on the 15th of the same month by 

 getting home a head for a Three-Year-Old Sweepstakes, 

 starting favourite. And then again over a month 

 passed before another score was made, the richest 

 prize which fell to the colours during the season, 

 Grand Fleet winning the Stockton Handicap worth 

 £910. The following day Sea Song landed an 1 1 to 8 

 chance in the County Stand Handicap, and a little 

 more than a fortnight later Willblend was successful 

 at Manchester. Lorna Doon won the ninth race at 

 Leicester on the 20th September, Willblend following 

 on with another the next afternoon. Great Elm was 



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