JOHN DAY*S RETIREMENT 27 



giving the colt some short sharp gallops on the 

 way back to the stable. And so it came to pass 

 that, when formally tried with Little Harry in 

 April, St. Hubert beat the older horse. Day was 

 even more surprised than Mr. Padwick. 



Away over at Woodyeates, in Wiltshire, John 

 Day's son, William, was training for Mr. James 

 Merry the colt Lord of the Isles. As a two- 

 year-old this son of Touchstone had won the 

 Lavant Stakes and the Biennial at Goodwood, 

 and was, therefore, known to be smart. It was 

 alleged that the Days, father and son, came to a 

 private arrangement whereby Lord of the Isles 

 was to be allowed " a clear course " in the Two 

 Thousand and St. Hubert be similarly " favoured" 

 in the Derby. Viewed in the light of this under- 

 standing, the training to which St. Hubert was 

 subjected is explicable, and one may suppose 

 that John Day was alarmed as well as mystified 

 when he saw St. Hubert win his trial. Whether 

 he ever learned of the gallops Goater had given 

 the colt I cannot say. Mr. Padwick, however, 

 accepted the result of the trial as it stood, and 

 St. Hubert started an odds-on favourite for the 

 Two Thousand, which was his first race. Lord 

 of the Isles, at 5 to 2, was the only competitor 

 backed to beat him, and did beat him by a neck. 



Then came a storm. Mr. Padwick, presum- 

 ably, was told that his trainer had intended 

 sacrificing St. Hubert for the benefit of Lord of 



