INDEX 



485 



Fenwick, W. H. : raced Gravity, 

 dam of William the Third, 414 



Fernandez (brother to Isonomy) : 

 Yardley product, 187 ; first 

 win a surprise, 187 ; un- 

 placed in 2000 Gs., 188 ; 

 ran Bend Or to a head at 

 Ascot when not fit, 188 ; 

 favourite for Cambridgeshire, 

 188 ; Sir John Astley's recol- 

 lections, 188 ; beaten J length 

 by Lucetta, 189 ; scratched 

 for Liverpool Autumn Cup in 

 favour of Prestonpans, 191 ; 

 hostile demonstration leads to 

 Mr. Gretton's horses leaving 

 Kingsclere, 192; "The fat 

 horse " at Goodwood, 192 ; 

 sale of, 193 ; varying stud 

 fees, 193 ; destroyed, 193 ; 

 stakes won by offspring, 193 



Findon : stables built, 29 ; fine 

 training gallops at, 55 j "if" 

 Hermit at, 72 ; I visit the old 

 place, 56 ; R. Gore at, 29 



FitzRoland : winner of 2000 Gs., 

 39 ; bought cheaply as year- 

 ling, 64 ; offered as gift " with 

 engagements," 65 



Flying Fox : bred at Eaton — pro- 

 duct of risky experiment in 

 breeding — a yearling with a 

 " Derby look," 387 j mulish 

 disposition — a successful trial 

 — won New Stakes, 388 j 

 unluckily beaten by St. Gris 

 — and in Middle Park Plate, 

 389 ; Tod Sloan's opinion, 

 390, 391, 394 ; won Criterion 

 Stakes, 391 ; Guineas' trial 

 — won 2000 Gs., 392 ; 

 Derby triumph, 393-395 > 

 seventh Derby winner trained 

 at Kingsclere, 396 ; the Ten 

 Thousand Pound races, 396, 

 397 j St. Leger victory, 397 ; 

 winning record, 397, 398 ; 

 sale to M. Blanc, 399 ; as 

 sire of winners, 399, 400 j 

 what he yielded M. Blanc, 

 401 ; death, 402 ; chief 

 winners, 401 



Flying Lemur (brother to Flying 

 Fox) : two - year - old form, 

 431; won trial (3-y.-o.), 431 ; 

 success in Ascot Derby, 433 ; 

 at the stud — sale to Austrians 

 — death, 433 



Footlight : sale of, 229 



Fordham, George, jockey : Lord 

 Clifden's defeat in Paris pleases 

 him, 49 ; apprenticed to 

 Drewitt at Lewes, 51 ; an 

 incident at Littlehampton, 51, 

 52 ; style of riding, 54, 55 ; 

 and defeat of Lady Elizabeth 

 in Middle Park Plate, 107 



Forth : trainer to Mr. Gratwicke, 5 



Friar's Balsam : unbeaten 2-y.-o., 

 297 J trial winner, 297 ; 

 record as 2-y.-o., 298 ; tried 

 for Middle Park Plate, 298 ; 

 beaten in 2000 Gs., 299 ; 

 found to have abscess in mouth, 



299 ; won Champion Stakes, 



300 ; beaten in last race 

 (4-y.-o,), 300 ; stud career at 

 Blankney and death, 301 



Friar Tuck : poor 2-y.-o. form, 434 ; 

 two trials, 434 ; third in 

 Derby, and St. Leger, 434 ; 

 in India and Australia, 434 



Galliard : at Leybourne Grange, 

 66; won 2000 Gs., 212; 

 favourite for, and defeat in the 

 Derby, 213, 214; Archer 

 and, 214, 215 ; Lord Fal- 

 mouth and, 214 



Gantlet : dam of Duke of West- 

 minster — beaten by Orme, 337 



Geary, Alfred : alleged writer of 

 libel on Sir J. Hawley, 149 



Geheimniss : by Rosicrucian, 

 1 30 5 bred by Mr. J. Watson 

 (Waresley), bought by Tom 

 Cannon, who sold to Lord 

 Stamford, 197 ; 2-y.-o. form. 



197, i< 



winner of Oaks. 



198, 199 ; compared with 

 Shotover, 198 ; defeat at 

 Ascot, 199 ; second to Dutch 

 Oven in St. Leger, 199 ; 

 leased to Lord Alington, 199 ; 



