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race in three successive years with Paragon, 

 Spadille, and Young Flora, and again, after a 

 lapse of three years, with Tartar, and on each occa- 

 sion Mangle was "up." Mr. Petre scored three 

 consecutive St. Leger successes by means of 

 Matilda, The Colonel, and Rowton, 1827-8-9, 

 previous to which Mr. Mellish, the Duke of 

 Hamilton, and Mr. Pierse had each taken the 

 race in two successive years, a feat which was 

 afterwards followed up by Lords Westminster 

 and Falmouth. Several Scottish sportsmen have 

 also gained the coveted prize, notably the Duke 

 of Hamilton (thrice), Lord Eglinton (thrice), Mr. 

 James Merry (twice), Mr lanson (twice), and Mr. 

 Stirling Crawford. In its earlier years few of the 

 Dukes and Lords of the turf won the St. Leger, 

 but since 1876 the Peerage have been more 

 fortunate, only three Commoners having been 

 credited with the race during the last fourteen 

 years, Lord Falmouth having proved successful 

 on three occasions. In 1889-90 St. Leger 

 honours fell to the Duke of Portland, by the 

 aid of Donovan and Memoir, 



The winning of the Derby and St. Leger by 

 the same horse has been accomplished in thirteen 

 different years, commencing with Champion in 

 the first year of the century, 1800. For the long 

 period of forty-eight years no horse was able to 

 emulate the great feat of Champion, but just as 

 owners and trainers were despairing, and people 

 were beginning to prophesy that the double 

 event would never more take place, Surplice 

 came upon the scene and solved the problem. 

 In the following year the feat was again accom- 

 plished, when Lord Eglinton's Flying Dutchman 



