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his temper were revived, and about a fortnight before the 

 race it became known that the horse had conceived an 

 invincible dislike to Mornington Cannon, but that he went 

 kindly enough in the hands of Herbert Jones, a light- 

 weight attached to Marsh's stable, who had ridden several 

 winners a year or two before, and who is a son of the 

 late " Jack " Jones of Epsom, in life a well-known trainer 

 of steeplechasers. 



It seems a curious thing that where an owner has first 

 claim upon the first jockey of the day, he should have to 

 go past him to ride a " Guineas " favourite, but the decision 

 to put up Herbert Jones on Diamond Jubilee instead of 

 Mornington Cannon was undoubtedly a wise one, and 

 Cannon himself was strongly of opinion that the colt would 

 run better in the hands of the lad who rode him in his 

 work than if he took the mount. In all probability the 

 questions of temper and jockeyship had an influence on 

 the market, for when the numbers went up for the Two 

 Thousand Guineas both Elopement (trained at Kingsclere 

 and a good two-year-old winner) and Sailor Lad were 

 preferred to the Prince's horse. How Sailor Lad came 

 to be backed at such a price I never could make out. 

 He had run only once as a two-year-old, and then he 

 finished about a hundred yards behind Democrat and 

 Diamond Jubilee. He did not fill the eye as a classic 

 horse, and though he was by Ladas out of Seabreeze, the 

 sire had made no particular mark, and Seabreeze had never 

 bred anything half so good as herself. In the race Sailor 

 Lad finished in his old place "down the course," but 

 Diamond Jubilee came right through and won just as 

 easily as Flying Fox had done a year before, and neither 

 in the paddock, nor at the post, nor while running, did 

 he show a vestige of temper. He "slaughtered "his field 

 in great style, and so smooth was the performance that 

 he at once became a great favourite for the Derby, giving 

 Forfarshire the go-by in the betting. 



Between the two races the Newmarket Stakes intervened, 

 and as the prize was a valuable one Diamond Jubilee 

 was pulled out again, and was this time opposed by 



