PAGEANT AND ISONOMY i8i 



worked out correctly. It did so in this case. 

 Monk had won the Stewards' Cup at the end of 

 five furlongs, but Sir W. Throckmorton's Herald 

 beat him at the finish. 



As a five-year-old, in 1880, Isonomy rounded 

 ofiF his career on the Turf by winning the Man- 

 chester Cup and the Ascot Cup, the only races 

 he ran that season. The Manchester Cup was 

 a handicap of ;^2ooo, decided over a mile and 

 five furlongs, and Isonomy was called upon to 

 carry the enormous burden of 9 st. 12 lb., a weight 

 ^hich is easily a ** record " for that event. Ridden 

 )y Tom Cannon, he beat, by a neck, Mr. R. C. 

 Taylor's three-year-old The Abbot, to whom he 

 |gave 45 lb. The public's estimate of Isonomy 's 

 :hance may be gauged from the fact that odds 

 ){ 16 to I were laid against him. When he 

 )assed the post at the head of the field, winners 

 [and losers united in raising a great volume of 

 [cheers, and seldom, surely, has a horse been 

 lore deserving of the plaudits of a racecourse 

 [crowd. It was a magnificent achievement. 



Mr. Gretton was a big winner over Isonomy 

 that day, but he nearly lost his trainer. The day 

 before the race he asked me to inform Tom 

 Cannon that he was ** on " ;^iooo to nothing. 

 No hint was given that I was to receive anything. 

 Although I had saddled many good winners for 

 Mr. Gretton I had received nothing from him — 

 not even a ** thank you." Apparently I was once 



