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Sloan very materially contributed to the closeness of the 

 race. 



Before treating of the Derby I should say that Diamond 

 Jubilee had never met Forfarshire as a two-year-old, but the 

 last-named, an upstanding chestnut colt by Royal Hampton 

 out of St. Elizabeth by St. Simon, had put on a capital sequence 

 of victories in his first season, and, having cleverly defeated 

 Democrat at Kempton only a week before the decision 

 of the Middle Park Plate, had, on the book, considerably 

 the best of Diamond Jubilee. During the winter Democrat 

 and Forfarshire had disputed Derby favouritism, but the 

 last-named was not entered for the Guineas or Newmarket 

 Stakes, and his one performance of the spring had not given 

 general satisfaction. This was in the Brinkley Plate against 

 a solitary opponent named Ardmore, and though Forfarshire 

 won he did his work in rather slovenly fashion, and was not 

 greatly liked when looked over in the paddock. His trainer, 

 however, was confident, and when the flag went up for the 

 Derby 6 to 4 was offered against Diamond Jubilee and 

 100 to 30 against Forfarshire. Both were in the van at 

 Tattenham Corner, where Disguise II., ridden by Sloan, 

 came slap at the pair from behind, forcing them apart. 

 Forfarshire immediately dropped out, but Diamond Jubilee, 

 who only received what I may call the reversion of the 

 shock, went on, and won by half a length from Simon Dale, 

 who came with a great rush on the outside, and for a 

 moment looked like snatching the race out of the fire. 



As it was Diamond Jubilee won cleverly, if not easily. 

 He was ably handled by Herbert Jones, who thus, by a 

 curious freak of fortune, found himself at the summit of 

 a jockey's ambition merely because a certain horse would 

 not go kindly for the first jockey of Marsh's stable, whilst 

 he took kindly to himself. 



What would have occurred had Forfarshire not been can- 

 noned against it is impossible to say. What did occur was 

 that the second favourite was struck violently on the hock, 

 and also on the hip, and when he reached the paddock he was 

 dead lame, the round bone being then the principal cause 

 of trouble, probably owing to the injuries to hip and hock. 



