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any interest in Sainfoin ! The youngster, with 

 odds of 8 to I laid against him, won the Astley 

 Stakes very easily. He did not run again that 

 season. His engagements were not numerous, 

 but why he only met one of them I cannot now 

 remember. 



During the ensuing winter Sainfoin pro- 

 gressed satisfactorily. The measure of his im- 

 provement was revealed to us on April 19, when 

 he won the following trial: 



One Mil« 



Sainfoin, 3 yrs., 9 st i 



Gay Hampton, 4 yrs., 9 st. . . .2 



Bena, 3 yrs., 8 st. 5 lb 3 



Vasistas, 4 yrs., 9 st. 7 lb 4 



Won by three lengths ; a length between second 

 and third ; three lengths between third and fourth. 



That, to say the least, was an encouraging per- 

 formance. It looked better still when, four 

 days later. Gay Hampton, giving 29 lb., ran 

 Red Eagle to a length in the Copthorne 

 Handicap at Epsom, because at Lincoln Red 

 Eagle had won the Welbeck Stakes over six 

 furlongs. 



On the 25th, six days after the trial, Sainfoin, 

 carrying 6 st. 11 lb., won the Esher Stakes at 

 Sandown Park, in a canter by four lengths. It 

 must be remembered that in those days, and for 

 long afterwards, the Esher Stakes was a handicap 



