HE, SKY-ROCKET, AND TRECLARE 



defeats balanced the three successes. He failed with 

 9 st. in the Kempton Park Champion Nursery, again 

 in the Orleans Nursery at Sandown, nor could he 

 manage with 2 lb. less weight in the Chesterfield 

 Nursery at Derby. As a three-year-old he was soon 

 ready, won comfortably the Doveridge Handicap at 

 Derby in April, and just a month later the third 

 celebration of the Kempton Park Jubilee took place. 

 Three horses were chiefly fancied and started at 5 to I 

 or n to 2, the Duke of Westminster's Orbit, Tom 

 Cannon's True Blue II. and Mr. Leybourne's Gold- 

 seeker. 



The last named may be described as the victim of 

 a misadventure. Probably it is safe to assume that he 

 is the only horse whose victory in the City and Suburban 

 has ever been a source of grievous displeasure to his 

 friends. Goldseeker had been heavily backed for the 

 Jubilee, but it was thought as well to let him take part 

 in the Epsom Handicap on the supposition that a race 

 would do him good, it never being for a moment 

 imagined it was in the least likely that backward as he 

 was he could carry his 8 st. successfully. No orders 

 were given to his jockey, Tom Cannon, junior ; and 

 to the consternation of those connected with the colt 

 he came in first ! The trouble was that this involved 

 a 14 lb. penalty at Kempton, in spite of which, as 

 just remarked, he started practically favourite, the 

 extra doubtless stopping him and enabling Amphion 



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