CAIMAN'S MIDDLE PARK 



" Morny " and I rode a desperate race home, he on 

 Collar and myself on Galashiels. He had waited two 

 or three lengths behind me till three hundred yards 

 from home but mine just got past the box by a head. 

 In the Rutland Stakes which finished up the day there 

 was a good thing to bet on in Santa Casa, ridden by 

 Madden, and trained by Jarvis. Santa Casa really 

 ought to have been big odds on instead of at even 

 money. Of course it was my previous success which 

 caused my mount to be at such a false price ; they 

 actually took 5 to 2 about it — Boomer his name was. 

 He ought to have been at 100 to 1 against, even in 

 that field of four ! Certainly he had no pretensions 

 to gallop with the other three. Of course I was beaten 

 out of a place. 



Still it was a pretty good day to put in five wins 

 and a second out of seven mounts. 



A lot of money went that day on Asterie for the 

 Cesarewitch run two weeks later.' Although it was 

 reported that I was to be up on the favourite Chalereux, 

 some of my friends who had made a packet that after- 

 noon were convinced that Asterie could win, and that 

 I would ride, so she was backed accordingly. But 

 I never had any look-in at beating Chalereux — and 

 never had the chance of riding him either. He finished 

 up favourite and beat me. My mount, Asterie, 

 whipped the previous year's winner. Merman. 



I shall always remember the Middle Park Plate 

 which I won on Caiman with Flvincp Fox second. I 

 should say that Caiman was one of the poorest class 

 horses who ever won the race, and it really was a shame 

 that a horse like Flying Fox, a superior animal in every 

 way, should have been done out of what he so much 

 deserved. I repeat : Caiman was one of the most over- 

 rated horses I ever knew. The truth was that I under- 



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