HE, SKY-ROCKET, AND TRECLARE 



cantered home for the Devonshire Nursery ; with 

 9 St., backed at 1 1 to 8, he won the then seven furlong 

 Prince of Wales' Nursery at Doncaster by eight 

 lengths, and then beat the Duke of Westminster's 

 Duke of Richmond, a colt very highly esteemed, in a 

 match over the Bretby Stakes course. 



Those who are not acquainted with the history of 

 St. Simon may perhaps be surprised to learn that as a 

 three-year-old he was only out on four occasions and 

 only ran three races, having been allowed to walk over 

 for the Epsom Gold Cup, a race which now figures in 

 the programme as the Coronation Cup. It was the 

 style in which he won the Ascot Cup that created so 

 great an impression. St. Simon was opposed by M. 

 Lefevre's Tristan, the Duke of Portland's Iambic, a 

 very bad horse started to make a pace for his stable 

 companion, the Duke of Beaufort's Faugh a Ballagh, 

 and the Duke of Hamilton's Friday. None of these 

 could make St. Simon gallop, and he won by twenty 

 lengths. It cannot have been recognised how good 

 he was, for backers were allowed to lay 75 to 40 on 

 him. He really had nothing to do in the Gold Cup 

 at Newcastle and practically nothing in the Goodwood 

 Cup. Here the betting was 100 to 7 on St. Simon, 

 20 to 1 against Friday, 33 to 1 against Ossian. 

 The last named had won the Leger of the previous 

 season, but I believe was not sound in his wind 

 as a four-year-old. After this St. Simon disappeared 



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