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French's notable efforts must be remembered that of the 

 Derby, in which he rode Kingcraft to a victory which could 

 not be ascribed to the merits of the horse. French again 

 won the Derby in the following year on Favonius. At 

 Ascot he won, between the years i860 and 1873, fifteen 

 races, including the Wokingham Stakes on Durham in 1864, 

 the Ascot Derby, and the Prince of Wales' Stakes. He 

 was chiefly employed with Messrs. Dawson, who were 

 quick to discover his merit. His early death, which 

 occurred in September, 1873, in the thirtieth year of 

 his age, must be largely ascribed to the injurious effects 

 of wasting, to which he was frequently obliged to subject 

 himself. 



John Daley was born at Newmarket in 1846. His 

 father trained for Sir Robert Clifton and a few others, and 

 young Daley was brought up in the home stable, whence 

 he emerged in April, 1857, to appear in the Newmarket 

 First Spring Handicap Meeting. Lord Anglesey was 

 Daley's first regular master. In i860 he won the Coronation 

 Stakes at Ascot on Allington ; and in 1861 the Goodwood 

 Stakes, for Lord Coventry, on Elcho. Daley's first grand 

 feat was brought off* in Sussex, where, in 1859, he won 

 the Stewards' Cup, for Mr. Gratwicke, on Maid of Kent, 

 beating a field of thirty-three, with all the crack jockeys in 

 it. During the first period of his racing career he was 

 greatly assisted by his light weight, an advantage which he 

 lost as his years advanced. His excellent horsemanship, 

 however, outbalanced any disqualification which attached to 

 increased weight, and a Derby and an Oaks in the same 

 week, on Hermit and Hippia respectively, placed him at 

 the top of his profession. His successes at Ascot include 



