INDEX 



499 



Rous, Admiral : disagreement with 

 Mr. Gratwicke, 5 ; Mr. 

 Padwick — " spider and fly " 

 incident, 44 ; as a " Match " 

 maker, 81 j the Blue Gown 

 affair at Doncaster, 94 ; 

 " spider and fly " incident, 

 123 ; opposed to Sir J. 

 Hawley's " Turf Reform Bill," 

 155, 156, 161 



Rowton : small horse, 10 



Rugeley : my birthplace, r 



Russell, Sir Charles (Lord R. of 

 Killowen) : visits to Kings- 

 clere, 293 



Rydal Head : a trial — second in 

 Eclipse Stakes, 439, 440 



Saccharometer : Grand Prix, 50 

 Sacrifice : half-sister to Virago, 19 

 Sadler, Mr. (of Doncaster) : breeder 

 of Pretender, 137 ; unfounded 

 rumour of death, 141 

 Sainfoin : bought as a yearling, 313; 

 small horse, 313 ; beaten in 

 trial (2-y.-o.), 314; won 

 only race as juvenile, 314; 

 successful trial (3-y.-o.), 3155 

 easily won Esher Stakes, 315 ; 

 sold to Sir James Miller, 316; 

 remained at Kingsclere, and 

 won the Derby, 317, 318 ; 

 beaten in St. Leger, 319; 

 at the stud — sire of Rock 

 Sand, 319 ; sold to Lord 

 Carnarvon, then to Messrs. 

 Slocock, and death, 319 j an 

 opinion of, 320 

 St. Alexis : winner of Great 

 Eastern Handicap, df ; how 

 humoured and trick he played, 



St. Blaise : arrival at Kingsclere, 

 description of, and 2-y.-o. 

 form, 211; trial for 2000 

 Gs,, 212 } beaten in the race, 

 212 ; Derby trial, 213 j won 

 Derby, 214; beaten in Grand 

 Prix, 215 ; wretched " show " 

 at Ascot, 2155 subsequent 

 failures, 216; sold and sent 



to U.S.A., 216; sold there, 

 216; sire of winners and 

 brood mares, 216 

 St. Bris : winner at Goodwood 

 (3-y.-o.) — trial — beaten in 

 Brighton Cup — won Cesare- 

 witch — and Alexandra Plate 

 — went to France where suc- 

 cessful sire, 377, 378 

 St. Gris : defeat of Flying Fox at 



Kempton, 389 

 St. Hubert : unorthodox prepara- 

 tion for 2000 Gs., 26 ; won 

 trial, 27 ; alleged " arrange- 

 ment " to his detriment, 27 ; 

 beaten by Lord of the Isles, 

 27 ; cause of separation be- 

 tween Day and Padwick, 28 

 St. Leger : Rataplan third in, 24 ; 

 Scythian fourth, 25 ; Pero 

 Gomez, 141, 142 ; Gcheimniss 

 second, 199 ; Sandi way second, 

 219 } way to train horses for, 

 263 5 won by Ormonde, 264 ; 

 Miguel second, 308 ; Apollo 

 fourth, 308 ; Kingsclere horses 

 second, third, and fourth, 319, 

 320 ; Common, 324 ; Labra- 

 dor second to Persimmon, 

 376 ; Flying Fox, 397 ; Friar 

 Tuck third, 434 

 St. Marguerite : beaten by Gcheim- 

 niss (2-y.-o.), 198 } and again 

 in Oaks, 199 ; won 1000 Gs., 

 205 

 St. Mirin : third to Ormonde and 

 The Bard in Derby, 261 ; 

 second in St. Leger, 264 5 

 Cambridgeshire defeat, 266 ; 

 great inferiority to Ormonde, 

 266 5 beaten 8 lengths by 

 Ormonde in trial, 269 ; ran 

 Minting to a length at 10 lb., 

 269 J won a trial, 296 

 St. Simon : match v. Duke of 

 Richmond, 221 ; victories as 

 2-y.-o., 222 } incidents at 

 sale of, 222, 223 J comparison 

 with Ormonde, 223, 245 

 Sandiway : the Bend Or — Tadcaster 

 controversy, 218; her likeness 

 to Bend Or, 2185 second in 



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