Royal Ascot *^ 



the greatest race of the Jubilee meeting, and a race that 

 will live in the memory of those who witnessed it, was 

 the Hardwicke Stakes. As the champions, Ormonde, 

 Bendigo, and Minting strode down to the starting post, 

 the whole Ascot multitude was on the tip-toe of excite- 

 ment. With the cry, " They're off," every eye was riveted 

 on the advancing three, and " the boldest held his breath 

 for a time " as the trio raced along. Minting was a trifle 

 ahead of Ormonde and Bendigo, and the same order was 

 maintained until they were five furlongs from home. Half- 

 way up the straight the three closed, and the battle waged 

 furiously. Minting kept his advantage until a couple 

 of hundred yards from the Chair, when Bendigo gave way, 

 and Ormonde got on terms with Minting, and amid a roar 

 of applause from the excited crowd, won by a neck after 

 a desperate struggle. 



In the Ascot Stakes of 1888 a somewhat peculiar 

 incident happened. Mr. Jameson's Dan Dancer, who had 

 cut a very poor figure in the Hurdle Race at Auteuil, 

 was sent home in disgrace, but on arrival at Penrith it 

 was decided to run him at Ascot to try what he could 

 do in the Stakes. It was not surprising therefore that 

 there was some merriment, and no small delight in Tatter- 

 sails' Ring when he cantered past the post, winning easily. 

 The field against him was not good, but nevertheless, the 

 fact that he had travelled from Paris to Cumberland and 

 back to Ascot in little more than forty-eight hours, had had 

 only time to stretch his legs once on the heath, and had 

 then won the race, proclaimed him no ordinary horse. 



Some owners have tried all their lives to win the Gold 

 Cup, and have not succeeded, others seem to have all the 



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