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race as good as over, he replied, " Yes, that's all very well, 

 but he has got at least ten pounds more on him than he 

 would have had if Tom Cannon had not gone and run 

 Bend Or to a head at Ascot. Whatever did he want 

 to beat the Derby winner for ? I told him the horse 

 wasn't fit, and that I wanted to win the Cambridgeshire 

 with him." . . . And when I left him he (Gretton) was 

 still bemoaning his jockey's uprightness over a glass of 

 Scotch. 



Fernandez was beaten half a length in the 

 Cambridgeshire by Prince Soltykoff*s Lucetta, 

 a four-year-old to whom he was giving a stone. 

 He had practically won the race when Lucetta 

 swerved across the course on to him, and, to 

 avoid knocking the mare over, Fordham had to 

 check his horse. Immediately on returning 

 to the Weighing - Room Fordham lodged an 

 objection to Lucetta. Everybody assumed the 

 Stewards would disqualify the winner ; odds 

 of 2 and 3 to I were laid on Fernandez getting 

 the race. The inquiry into the affair was a 

 most protracted one, and it was late in the 

 evening before a decision was given. I was 

 called as a witness, and ventured to express the 

 opinion that whether Fernandez got the race 

 or not he most certainly ought to. I was politely 

 informed that that " was not evidence.** While 

 the inquiry was in progress I overheard a remark 

 which forced me to believe the verdict would 

 be against Fernandez. I reported this to Mr. 



