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Lewes Handicap, then failed in the Scarbrough 

 Stakes, before carrying off the now extinct — un- 

 fortunately so — Free Handicap for Three-Year-Olds 

 at the Houghton, and after a miss in the Derby Cup, 

 was beaten only a short head for the Manchester 

 November Handicap. 



Although after winning his first three races as a 

 four-year-old Santoi was beaten twice as often, these 

 defeats tended much to strengthen his position. He 

 led off by securing the Kempton Park Jubilee, giving 

 Caiman — one of the two horses who had beaten Flying 

 Fox — 4 lb. and winning by a neck. He won the 

 £1000 Great Whitsuntide Handicap at Hurst Park 

 from Rambling Katie, a filly of his own age, giving her 

 40 lb., and achieved perhaps the highest honour the 

 Turf affords by carrying off the Gold Cup. His 

 victory was, moreover, anticipated, for he started 

 favourite at 11 to 10 and beat Kilmarnock II., who 

 as the market showed was expected to be a good 

 second, so much being thought of the latter that he 

 started at 6 to 4. This meant for Santoi 9 st. 7 lb. 

 in the Derby Cup which was his next objective, and 

 proved too much, as did 9 st. 10 lb. in the Great 

 Yorkshire Handicap. The colt tried his luck in the 

 Cesarewitch, but the task proved beyond him. His 

 9 st. 7 lb. meant giving 44 lb. to the useful Balsarroch, 

 23 lb. to the four-year-old Black Sand, who was to win 

 the race next season, 41 lb. to Rambling Katie, and 



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