CHAPTER VI 

 WINNING THE DERBY AND ST. LEGER 



How the Derby was founded, all full well know, 



Over a hundred years ago; 

 But little 't was thought the event would grow 



In after years so weighty. 

 By those who formed the company, gay, 



On that original Derby Day, 

 When Diomed won on the fourth of May, 



In seventeen hundred and eighty. 



1881 



MISTAKE began the season of 1881 for the Lorll- 

 lard stable, finishing second for the Lincolnshire 

 Handicap, with 100 lbs. to Buchanan, 4 years, 94 lbs.; 

 and for the Newmarket Handicap he was also second, 

 but he won the International Handicap, and was third 

 for the Great Metropolitan. Wallenstein was second 

 for the Liverpool Cup and won the Great Shropshire 

 Handicap. Barrett was unable to win a race of any 

 kind, and was sent home, landing In New York late in 

 August and raced at Jerome Park soon after. 



On the 4th of May, the stable started Iroquois and 

 Passaic for the Two Thousand Guineas, and so little 



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