2 The Course, the Camp, the Chase 



Thompson, on behalf of the newly formed Stud Company 

 at Eawcliffe, before the race at Doncaster. He was to be 

 delivered up after he had run, and every'one connected 

 with the stable fully expected to see him easily win the 

 Cup. That he did not do so is a matter of history. Mr. 

 Henry Thompson, who then generally advised as to the 

 management of Lord Eglinton's racing stud, always stated 

 that Marlow lost his head and did not ride to orders; 

 but Mr. Eichard Johnson, the famous old northern 

 racing judge, put the case in a different light, in a 

 conversation on the subject in August 1897. He said — 



" The cause of the horse being beaten was that Lord 

 Eglinton said to Marlow, after he was ' up,' ' Now, go and 

 make an example of him.' I was quite close to them 

 when this order was given, and Marlow forced the pace so 

 that the ' Dutchman ' was run to a standstill, as he was a 

 little short of work. Undoubtedly,^ if he had waited on 

 'Voltigeur' he would have won, though the latter was a 

 good horse. Undoubtedly, the ' Dutchman ' should never 

 have been beaten." 



Marlow was certainly not a first-class jockey, though a 

 fair, steady rider; and it should also be recollected that, 

 in both the Cup and the Match, " The Flying Dutchman " 

 carried a slightly heavier weight than is now recognised as 

 the proper weight-for-age scale. It is believed that the 

 measure of the " Dutchman " was never found out, in his 

 home trials ; and when it is recollected what trial tackle 

 was possessed in " Van Tromp " and " Elthiron," among 

 many others, there is sufficient proof of what a phenomenon 

 he must have been. 



It had been intended that "The Flying Dutchman" 



1 This word was a very favourite expression of "Judge " Johnson. 



