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governors, who waited on the Duke, in the event 

 of Flying Fox winning the race. 



Caiman once again opposed Flying Fox in 

 the St. Leger at Doncaster, and this time he 

 was beaten three lengths by the son of Orme, 

 Scintillant (who that year won the Cesarewitch) 

 being third. Odds of 7 to 2 were laid on the 

 son of Orme, who, three weeks later, won the 

 Jockey Club Stakes, giving Scintillant 11 lb. 

 and a four-lengths* beating, so that he won all 

 three ;^i 0,000 races. At Doncaster Flying Fox 

 was in an excited mood. Morny Cannon had to 

 dismount at the starting-post and soothe him by 

 feeding him with tufts of grass. Once the race had 

 started, however. Flying Fox paid strict attention 

 to business, and ran with bull-dog determination. 



With his victory in the Jockey Club Stakes 

 the racing career of Flying Fox came to an end, 

 for just as the year 1899 was closing the Duke 

 of Westminster died. I had trained his Grace's 

 horses for eighteen seasons, and throughout 

 that period our relations had been of a most 

 harmonious character. He was one of the 

 kindest of men — a nobleman in every sense of 

 the word. I missed him sorely. Kingsclere 

 never seemed quite the same after his death. 



Flying Fox was unbeaten as a three-year-old 

 and won six races worth £,37 A^ 5* The previous 

 season his two successes yielded £26^1, so that, 

 exclusive of ** place money," the value of the 



