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in the race for at least a week after Clwyd had become the 

 real Simon Pure, when he was scratched, and of course all 

 the money betted on him lost. Clwyd eventually started 

 favourite, and when, as has been stated, he beat Kilcock by 

 a neck, he was received with groans, hoots, and hisses, and 

 even those who followed the money at the last moment 

 disapproved of the victory. It was a most unsavoury affair, 

 and it has always been a matter for regret that the Stewards 

 of the Jockey Club did not think fit to hold a full inquiry 

 into the matter. 



As for the hog-maned Clwyd, he was an honest, sterling, 

 second-class horse, by Beauclerc out of Strathbrook by 

 Strathern. He was bred by Lord Scarborough at Tickhill 

 in Yorkshire, and for the late Colonel North he won the 

 valuable Prince Edward Handicap at Manchester two years 

 in succession. In 1898 the Jubilee Stakes was won by 

 Dinna Forget, an Irish-bred horse, of very fair class, who 

 has been a most consistent performer in handicaps, though 

 during one year of his career he quite failed to maintain 

 the form he had formerly possessed, and which he after- 

 wards regained. I have no desire to extol one trainer at 

 the expense of another, but the fact was clearly demon- 

 strated that Dinna Forget was a really good horse during 

 both the periods of his being trained by Robinson at Foxhill, 

 and a very moderate one for that period of his life which 

 was passed in a semi-private stable in the Midlands. Dinna 

 Forget is a little horse even smaller than Clwyd but the 

 possessor of great quality, and his appearance and condition 

 on the day he won the Jubilee were very favourably com- 

 mented on. He was turned out a perfect specimen of the 

 trainer's art, and this at a time when a majority of thorough- 

 breds have not acquired their summer coats. 



In 1899 the Jubilee Stakes was won by Knight of the 

 Thistle, ridden by the American jockey Sloan, and (low be 

 it spoken) the horse was a pronounced roarer. Nevertheless, 

 he carried the substantial weight of 8 st. 4 Ibs., and had 

 something in hand when he passed the post a length ahead of 

 the second-class performer Greenan. A notable performance 

 in the race was that of the three-year-old Lord Edward II., 



