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proved successful, whilst Lord Zetland's Voltigeur 

 won the double event in 1850. West Australian 

 accomplished the same feat in 1853, and, 

 curiously enough, in the years 1S64-5-6 the feat 

 was successively performed by Blair Athol, 

 Gladiateur, and Lord Lyon, Silvio, a horse 

 belonging to Lord Falmouth, won both Derby 

 and St. Leger in 1877, while the dual victory 

 of the American horse Iroquois is doubtless 

 green in the memory of all who take an interest 

 in the turf. Since Iroquois proved so fortunate. 

 Melton, Ormonde, and Donovan have also 

 achieved double event honours (1885, 1886, and 

 1889), The annals of the St. Leger have also 

 been signalised by a series of triple events, 

 West Australian, Gladiateur, Lord Lyon, and 

 Ormonde having won the Two Thousand 

 Guineas as well as the Derby and St. Leger. 



It will not be out of place to devote a few 

 lines to the famous horsemen of the St. Leger, 

 the jockeys who have won the Blue Ribbon of 

 the North. The rider of the first winner of the 

 race was J. Singleton, who steered Allabaculia to 

 victory in 1766. The five successes of Mangle 

 took place on Ruler in 1780, and on Lord A. 

 Hamilton's three in 1786-7-8, as also on the 

 same nobleman's Tartar in 1792. Among horse- 

 men who flourished on the Town Moor of Don- 

 caster at an early date was B. Smith, who proved 

 victorious on six occasions ; but W. Scott was 

 more successful in the great race than any other 

 jockey, as he secured the St. Leger nine times, 

 four of his wins being in consecutive years. 

 Many celebrated English horsemen have ridden 

 in the St. Leger. Jackson won the prize on eight 



