THROSTLE AND MATCHBOX 373 



Newmarket First October Meeting the Hopeful 

 Stakes. Her next race was the Middle Park 

 Plate, with a view to which the following trial 

 took place: 



Six Furlongs 



Omladina, 2 yrs., 8 st. 8 lb. 

 Regret, 2 yrs., 8 st. 10 lb. . 

 Grey Leg, 4 yrs., 10 st. i lb. 

 Helm, 2 yrs., 8 st. 7 lb. . 

 Rampion, 2 yrs., 8 st. 9 lb. 

 Shaddock, 2 yrs., 8 st. 12 lb. 



H. Chaloner i 

 Wilson 2 

 . Chaloner 3 

 . Sutcliffe 4 

 . Moreton 5 

 . Cannon 6 



Won by half a length ; three lengths second and third ; 

 neck third and fourth. 



The Middle Park Plate that year was won by 

 St. Frusquin; Omladina, beaten half a length, 

 finished second; Persimmon, four lengths away, 

 was placed third. Omladina was merely re- 

 ceiving the 3 lb. sex allowance from the two 

 colts, so that her performance looked an un- 

 commonly good one. The following week she 

 rounded off her juvenile record by winning a 

 ;^iooo race at Sandown Park — the Great Sapling 

 Plate. 



Early the following year I discovered two 

 things about Omladina: she had not made 

 normal progress through the winter, and she 

 lacked stamina. When tried over a mile before 

 the One Thousand Guineas, she cut a poor 

 figure, as the appended record shows: 



