INDEX 



503 



Trial horses : Xi, 100 ; Lictor, 

 Whipper-in and Incendiary, 

 217 



Throstle : arrival at Kingsclere, 

 359 ; trials (2-7.-0.), 360, 

 361 ; defective sight, 364 ; 

 indifferent 2-y.-o. form, 364 j 

 successes at Ascot and Good- 

 wood (3-y.-o.), 365 ; St. 

 Leger triumph, 365-367 ; dam 

 of Missel Thrush, 367 



Throwaway : form as tvv^o and 

 three-year-old — a Liverpool 

 Cup winner — departure from 

 Kingsclere — won Ascot Cup 

 — comparison with William 

 the Third, 429 



Tribonyx : dam of Willonyx, 427 



Tweed : stud groom at Leybourne 

 Grange, 66 



Two Thousand Guineas : St. 

 Hubert and Lord of the Isles 

 in, 26, 27 ; Yellow Jack, 37 ; 

 Clydesdale third, 39 ; Fitz- 

 Roland, 39, 40, 64, 65 ; 

 Bedminster's failure, 69, 70 ; 

 Lord Glasgow and " General 

 Peel," 72 ; why Blue Gown 

 did not run, iii, 112 ; Green 

 Sleeve and Rosicrucian fail, 

 112, 113; won by Shotover, 

 205 ; St. Blaise beaten, 212 ; 

 won by Paradox, 233 ; by 

 Ormonde, 258 ; Friar's Balsam 

 beaten, 298 ; Orbit third, 304 ; 

 victory of Common, 322 ; 

 Ladas and Matchbox, 362 ; 

 Labrador third, 375 ; Batt 

 unplaced, 382 j Flying Fox, 

 392 ; Elopement favourite — 

 finished fourth, 408, 409 j 

 Duke of Westminster's failure, 

 432 



Upset : winner of Stewards' Cup, 

 301 



Vagabond : won " City and Sub." 

 trial, 151 ; scratched because 

 owner forestalled in " market," 

 151 



Vampire (dam of Flying Fox) : 

 bought by Duke of West- 

 minster, 386 ; a spiteful mare 

 — the mating with Orme — 

 resulting in Flying Fox, 387 



Vasistas : bought by Baron Hirsch 

 — won Chester Cup, 329 



Vatican : trouble over Doncaster 

 Cup, 63 



Vespasian (Sir C. Legard's) : fine 

 performance at Goodwood, 83 ; 

 Rosicrucian and, 117 



Viney (jockey) : protest to starter 

 of 2000 Gs., 259 



Virago : perhaps greatest of fillies, 



10 ; bought as yearling, 10 } 

 description of, 11 ; first race, 



11 5 allowed to be beaten, 12 ; 

 Admiral Rous and, 12 ; backed 

 for Chester Cup, 13 ; George 

 Hodgman and, 13 ; scratched 

 for Chester Cup, — tried for 

 " City and Sub." and " Metro- 

 politan," 15 ; won both races, 

 16 ; Shrewsbury race recalled 

 and "explained," 17; defeat 

 at York, 17 5 rumour of 

 attempt to poison her, 18 ; 

 won 1000 Gs., 18 5 became 

 a roarer, 19 ; failure as brood 

 mare, 19 



Volodyovski : compared with 

 William the Third, 418, 419 



Vyner, Clare : The Lambkin and 

 St. Leger, 219 



Vyner, Robert C. : The Lambkin 

 and St. Leger, 219 



Walker, Edmund : stud groom at 

 Sandringham, 286 



Walker, Thomas Eades : sent horses 

 to Kingsclere (1873), 166; 

 Studley Castle his coming-of- 

 age present, 167 ; sold horses 

 (1874), 167; rejoined stable 

 (1879), 167, 193 ; again 

 departed, 194 j won 1000 

 Gs. with Elizabeth, 194 



Walters : trainer, to Aid. Copeland,i 



Watercress : at Kingsclere, 330 ; 

 won trial, 338 ; too big to 

 race as 2-y.-o., 339 



