GRAND PARADE 



Slieve Gallion was rather inclined to be ewe-necked 

 and carried his head awkwardly when galloping. 

 Higgs, who was one of the most successful jockeys of 

 the period, and, in fact, headed the winning list that 

 year with 146 victories, rode the colt, as he had been 

 accustomed to do ; but they did not get on particularly 

 well together. There is always, however, a tendency 

 to blame the jockey of a beaten odds on favourite, and 

 the matter need not now be argued. J. Reiff, who 

 had been extraordinarily successful as a light weight a 

 few years previously, was on Orby, and won easily by 

 a couple of lengths from Wool Winder, who beat 

 Slieve Gallion half a length for second place. The 

 winner returned to Ireland, where he carried off the 

 Irish Derby from apparently a very bad field, as 10 to 

 1 was laid on him, 20 to 1 against anything else, and 

 it may be noted that Gleg was an indifferent third. 

 This was Orby's last success. He came to Liverpool 

 for the Summer Meeting, started at 7 to 4 on for the 

 Atlantic Stakes and brought up the rear of the four 

 runners, that having been his final appearance. At 

 the stud he must be said to have done brilliantly, with 

 Grand Parade as the chief of his sons. 



In writing of Orby's predecessors I am naturally 

 driven to borrow facts from John Porter's interesting 

 autobiography, and the old Kingsclere trainer reminds 

 us that Orme's dam, Angelica, a sister of St. Simon, 

 was purchased by Mr. Taylor Sharp, the breeder of 

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