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finishing a long way in front of Queen Adelaide, 

 who had been placed second in the One Thou- 

 sand and third in the Oaks. At Goodwood, 

 Sandiway captured the Nassau Stakes, then ran 

 second, beaten a length, to The Lambkin in the 

 St. Leger; and in the autumn she won the 

 Newmarket Oaks, and ran unplaced in the 

 Cambridgeshire. 



Before the St. Leger Captain Machell, on 

 behalf of Sir John Willoughby, who was running 

 Harvester, objected to the nomination of The 

 Lambkin. This son of Camballo was bred by 

 Mr. Clare Vyner, but the entry for the St. Leger 

 was made by Mr. Robert C. Vyner "on behalf 

 of Mr. Clare Vyner." The latter, who died 

 before the St. Leger was run, bequeathed The 

 Lambkin to his brother. The Doncaster Stew- 

 ards decided that the nomination was quite in 

 order. Had they come to the contrary conclu- 

 sion we may assume that Sandiway would have 

 been crowned with classic laurels. I confess I 

 have no vivid memories of that particular race; 

 still, I fancy, however, I was not altogether 

 surprised when I saw Sandiway go so near to 

 winning, even though odds of 40 to i had been 

 laid against her. But for the fact that she met 

 with considerable interference in the race she 

 would probably have been placed first instead of 

 second. 



I recall an incident connected with the 



