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running until inside the distance, but when 

 given his head, Isonomy, on whom odds of 

 9 to 4 were laid, went to the front to win very 

 comfortably. 



The following year, 1881, Isonomy began 

 his stud career at the Bonehill Paddocks, Tam- 

 worth, a fee of 50 guineas being charged for 

 his services. A horse of his class begins nowa- 

 days at 300 guineas. He had won ten of his 

 fourteen races, and been placed second twice 

 and third once. The stakes he won amounted 

 to ;^ 1 0,3 8 2. There were seven living foals 

 resulting from his first season. It so happened 

 that none of them won as a two-year-old in 1884, 

 though Isobar scored pretty well afterwards. 

 Not until 1887 did the son of Sterling establish 

 his fame as a sire. That was the year Gallinule 

 ran as a two-year-old. The following season 

 came Satiety and Seabreeze ; then, in succession, 

 Riviera, Janissary, Common, Le Var, Prisoner, 

 and finally Ravensbury and Isinglass. 



Isonomy's offspring were racing during four- 

 teen seasons, and in that period they won 254 

 races worth ;^205,032. 



Isonomy had only been two years at the stud 

 when Mr. Fred Gretton died. Sent by the 

 executors to TattersalFs to be sold on New 

 Year's Day, 1883, he was bought by Mr. Stirling 

 Crawfurd (the husband of the Duchess of 

 Montrose) for 9000 guineas, and was then 



