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who was soon after to win the Derby, the result can 

 hardly create surprise. Amphion's Jubilee weight had 

 gone up 34 lb., to 9 St. 7 lb., so that he was giving 

 48 lb. to The Imp, who won, and then came the 

 chestnut's turn. He carried off a biennial at Ascot 

 on the Wednesday, and on Friday in the Hardwicke 

 Stakes met Sainfoin, with his Derby honours thick 

 upon him naturally favourite, Surefoot, the winner of 

 the Two Thousand, backed at 2 to 1 ; and Amphion 

 beat them both, having a length the better of Sainfoin, 

 who was five lengths in front of Surefoot. That was 

 good for the colt's reputation, and the next event good 

 for his owner's banking account ; for this was the 

 Lancashire Plate, which that year produced for the 

 winner ^9096 15s. Amphion was an 11 to 8 

 favourite, Memoir 11 to 4, Orme 7 to 1, and 10 to 1 

 bar the three. In the hands of Tom Cannon Amphion 

 won by a length and a half from Martagon, Lord 

 Rosebery's two-year-old Corstorphine third. He beat 

 Memoir again by three lengths for the Champion 

 Stakes, and at the Houghton Meeting took part in 

 " A Plate of £1000 sov. Run over two miles." The 

 Hardwicke, it is perhaps unnecessary to remark, is a 

 mile and a half, and that as just described was within 

 Amphion's compass ; two miles was too far for him 

 against such a notable stayer as Prince Soltykoff's 

 Cesarewitch winner Sheen, and Amphion was beaten 

 three lengths. 



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