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trainer to Sir Maurice Fitzgerald ; Felix Leach has a good 

 team in charge owned by Mr. H. J. King ; and G. Platt 

 has been appointed trainer to Prince Soltykoff in place of 

 Gibbons. 



All the above-mentioned men form the native army of 

 Newmarket trainers, but during the last two or three seasons 

 the place has known of vigorous opposition on the part of 

 two or three Americans, who have achieved an extraordinary 

 measure of success. Mention must first be made of Huggins, 

 who in 1898 and 1899 trained for Lord William Beresford 

 and Mr. Lorillard jointly, and in 1900 for Lord William 

 Beresford alone. During the three years Huggins' charges 

 have won 162 races, worth over ,87,000, and as regards the 

 number of races won he headed the poll in 1899, and was 

 third in 1900, while in each of these years he was second in 

 order of value of races won. With few exceptions the horses 

 which Huggins trained in 1898 and 1899 were imported 

 from America. They were of all ages, and though there 

 was no gem of the first water among them, such as Caiman, 

 Democrat, Jolly Tar, Sibola (a classic winner), Berzak, and 

 Lutetia may be cited as very useful horses. In his second 

 year in this country Huggins did well with such English- 

 bred ones as Knight of the Thistle and Blacksmith, and in 

 1900 his two-year-olds were all English-bred, and at the end 

 of the season his stable contained the Derby favourite (for 

 1901) in Volodyovski, a colt bred by Lady Meux, at 

 Theobalds in Herts, but leased to Lord William Beresford. 



Wishard's English career has so far been a most remark- 

 able one. He was in this country for a short time some 

 five or six seasons ago, but only met with a moderate 

 measure of success with the American horses he had 

 brought with him. He sold them all before leaving, and 

 for some years did not return. In 1899, however, he 

 reappeared, and in partnership with W. Duke (also an 

 American) trained fourteen winners of insignificant races. 

 Towards the end of that season the partners were much 

 talked about as very capable men, and in 1900 they quickly 

 made their mark. It should be mentioned that in this year 

 Wishard and Duke trained independently of each other, 



