HE, SKY-ROCKET, AND TRECLARE 



Marden, and two days later she won the Chesterfield : 

 at this period there was only one meeting at Newmarket 

 in July. A great race took place for the Richmond 

 Stakes at Goodwood, Dutch Oven (Fred Archer), 

 St. Marguerite (George Fordham), and Kermesse 

 (Tom Cannon) apparently finishing in a line, but the 

 Judge gave it to Dutch Oven by a short head, being 

 unable to separate the other two. Dutch Oven beat 

 her for the Rous Memorial on the Thursday. She 

 walked over for the Municipal Post Stakes at Doncaster 

 — as Kendal was to do — was beaten by Lord Falmouth's 

 Little Sister for the Wentworth Post Produce Stakes 

 two days afterwards, and once more was third to 

 Kermesse, this time for the Middle Park Plate. Soon 

 afterwards Kermesse split both her pasterns, though 

 by the exercise of Joseph Cannon's skill as a stableman 

 she became sound and after an absence of just a year 

 won a couple more races. 



For the Bretby Stakes St. Marguerite had only one 

 opponent, whom she easily beat, and for the Criterion, 

 which used to finish up the hill at the " Top of the 

 Town," she once more came in third, this time to 

 Bruce, who started favourite for next year's Derby. 

 She wound up her season by an easy victory in the 

 Home Bred Foal Post Stakes at the Houghton Meeting. 

 It will have been seen that when St. Marguerite did 

 not win she was much in the habit of running third. 

 She did so in the Column Produce Stakes and then 



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