HE, SKY-ROCKET, AND TRECLARE 



behind him. He left off with defeats in the Doncaster 

 Cup and the Duke of York's Stakes. 



Santoi's sire Queen's Birthday began in somewhat 

 humble fashion. The son of Hagioscope ran nowhere 

 for the Zetland Stakes at the York Spring Meeting, 

 did no better at Redcar, won a Nursery worth £150 

 with the best of the weights at Musselburgh and was 

 nowhere again in a Nursery at Derby. But as a 

 three-year-old he only failed once, and that in the 

 Leger, a remarkable record, as he was out seven times. 

 At Leicester he took the Northern Welter ; did not 

 reappear till August, when he won the Kirkleatham 

 Biennial at Redcar, and next day the Great Northern 

 Breeders' Foal Stakes. Just a week later at Stockton 

 he beat a couple of opponents for the Great Yorkshire 

 Stakes, and apparently he was fancied for Memoir's 

 Leger, his starting price being as little as 7 to 1. His 

 backers lost their money, even if they " saved " for a 

 place, as the Duke of Portland's filly was followed 

 home by Blue Green, Gonsalvo and Sainfoin. At the 

 Houghton Meeting he won a handicap of 5 sov. each 

 with a 1000 sov. added. He was best as a four-year- 

 old, well backed for the Doncaster Spring Handicap 

 in spite of his top weight 9 St., and then came the 

 performance on which his reputation chiefly rests — 

 he was only beaten half a length for the Gold Cup by 

 Morion, a really good horse who had won the Hunt 



Cup as a three-year-old with 7 st. 9 lb. the previous 

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