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GEHEIMNISS AND SHOTOVER 207 



I had now trained a second Derby winner, 

 and the Duke had for the second time seen his 

 colours carried to victory in the greatest of our 

 races, the first to bear them triumphantly being 

 Bend Or, who won in 1880. He was naturally 

 very delighted, and it was a rare stroke of fortune 

 for me that his Grace's horses should have come 

 to Kingsclere with a classic winner among them. 



Shotover was engaged in the Oaks, but, after 

 our experience with her in the One Thousand, 

 we did not take the risk of running her in the 

 fillies* race, especially as we knew she had little 

 or no chance of beating her stable companion, 

 Geheimniss, who, as already recorded, won the 

 race easily from St, Marguerite and Nellie. 

 Shotover won a couple of races at Ascot, and was 

 then put aside for the St. Leger. 



Some time before the Don caster race it was 

 understood by the public that Fred Archer would 

 ride Shotover. The Duke had second claim on 

 Archer's services, the first being held by Lord 

 Falmouth. Almost at the last moment Lord 

 Falmouth, exercising his right, decided that 

 Archer should ride Dutch Oven in the St. Leger. 

 Greatly disappointed. Archer approached Lord 

 Falmouth and asked to be liberated so that he 

 might ride Geheimniss. His employer refused 

 the request, but endeavoured to console the 

 jockey by remarking: " If I give you up to the 

 Duke, you will have to ride Shotover, and you 



