A GREAT YEAR 



An incident which for some reason dwells in my 

 mind is Tom Cannon cantering to the post on Amphion 

 for the March Stakes at the Newmarket First Spring 

 Meeting. It struck me as what is called the poetry 

 of motion. He won by a length and a half, the 

 jockey beating his son Morny on Mark Price. One 

 naturally looked for Amphion at Ascot. This season 

 as a five-year-old he ran for the Rous Memorial, to 

 win by two lengths from the Chevalier Ginistrelli's 

 famous Signorina. That was nearly the end. He 

 walked over for the Stockbridge Cup, and came out 

 for the last time in the £6000 Leicestershire Royal 

 Stakes. The order of the finish was Rusticus, 7 st. ; 

 Victoricus, 7 st. 7 lb. ; Enniskillen, 6 st. 4 lb. ; 

 Amphion, 10 st. 7 lb. Those connected with the 

 second were desperately anxious to secure the race. 

 After an objection for bumping and boring had been 

 overruled, another was formulated on the ground that 

 Rusticus, described as a black, was in reality a chestnut 

 — or it may have been the other way about. This was 

 also overruled. It was a pity that Amphion should 

 have been beaten on the occasion of his farewell, but 

 the weight was an impossible one. 



Brief mention must be made of Rosebery. He was 

 in the hands of clever people who meditated a coup> 

 which they successfully brought off. It was believed 

 that the colt would be good enough to win the Cesare- 

 witch with the 7 st. 5 lb. allotted to him and to follow 



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