20 2 In Scarlet and Silk 



lbs. to Vatican. He won in a canter, and 

 Taylor naturally looked upon the Derby as 

 over. But there was trouble in store for the 

 colt. A week before the race his off fore- 

 leg filled, and he had to be stopped in his 

 work. The leg fined down all right, but 

 when Teddington got to Epsom, the change 

 of stables and the journey combined upset 

 him, and he declined to feed. However, 

 despite these drawbacks, he made short work 

 of his opponents, and beat the large field of 

 thirty-one with a bit to spare. 



To have an eye " all round about you," is 

 an invaluable thing in riding a race. You 

 ought not only to know what your own horse 

 is doing, but be able to form a fairly accurate 

 opinion of how other people's horses are 

 getting on. You may be beat, but that does 

 not so much matter if every other horse in 

 the race is in the same condition. Again, if 

 your most dangerous opponent is at all in- 

 clined to ''turn thief," you ought to be able 

 to see it, and then go up to him, and never 

 give him a moment's peace. Many a race 



