LUCKLESS FRIAR'S BALSAM 303 



the Stewards' Cup, Friar's Balsam (with odds of 

 25 to I laid on him) carried off the Richmond 

 Stakes, Spot won the Chesterfield Cup at 13 to 2, 

 Mon Droit the Rous Memorial at 100 to 6, and 

 Savile the Goodwood Cup at 3 to i. These 

 successes were all gained during the first three 

 days. Much to my regret, I did not saddle a 

 winner the fourth day for the benefit of my 

 friends from the Royal yacht. 



Savile, by Hampton out of Lilian, was ** no 

 good " as a two-year-old, and we did not run 

 him till he was three, in 1887. Then, the first 

 time out, he won the Dee Stakes at Chester, and, 

 later in the season, the Knowsley Dinner Stakes 

 at Liverpool. In the contest for the Goodwood 

 Cup he first of all ran a dead-heat with Mr. 

 Douglas Baird's St. Michael, and then comfort- 

 ably won the deciding heat. He was slow, but 

 a rare " sticker." 



In May of that year Upset won the Kempton 

 Park Stewards' Handicap, and then figured in a 

 trial recorded as follows: 



Six Furlongs 



Upset, 4 yrs., 9 st. 7 lb. . . .1 



Rose, 2 yrs., 7 st 2 



Spot, 3 yrs., 9 St. 7 lb 3 



Polynesia, 2 yrs., 8 st. 2 lb. . . -4 

 Ossory, 2 yrs., 8 st. 7 lb. . . .5 



Won by three lengths ; one length between 

 second and third. 



