Related article: their report being that racing
round the turns would not be
safe, so the meeting was stopped
there and then. We were thus
denied a sight of Chaleureux, who
was to have run for the Queen's
Cup — not that we should have
seen much of his paces in the fog.
The war fund was an appreciable
loser, for several jockeys had
agreed to devote the whole of
their fees for the day thereto.
Something over a hundred and
fifty pounds (which included a
"tenner" from Mr. Coventry)
were obtained, as it was, and by
a fortuitous coincidence the bro-
thers Loates, whose native town
Derby is, were able, by their
successes, to contribute thirty
guineas between them.
The Derby Cup was this year
increased from a mile to a mile
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noticeable, especially in the case
of three - year - olds, was promi-
nently in evidence in the two
principal races. The first of these
was the Lancashire Handicap of
a mile, and it was won by the
four - year - old Sirenia who, a
couple of days before, had won
the Midland Counties Handicap
at Warwick, after running five
times in thirteen months without
being placed. She had always
been sent for good races, however,
and it might have been this quite
as much as greater suitability of
season. At the same time, the
fact that she was carrying a lolbs.
penalty must be borne in mind.
The other big race was the
November Handicap, and picking
the winner of that did seem easy.
The week before, at Derby, we
had seen Invincible H., with none
the best of the race, give Pro-
clamation i61bs. and run him to a
head, Proclamation having had a
clear course the whole of the way.
Oppressor, giving Invincible II.
lib., was beaten by him a bare
two lengths.
At Manchester Proclamation
was called upon, by the different
handicap and a lolbs. penalty, to
give 2lbs. — a difference of 2olbs.,
reduced to i81bs. by the albs,
over-weight carried by the jockey
of Invincible II. Oppressor had
to give 5lbs., reduced to 3lbs.
What was to beat Invincible II.
was the puzzle to which there
seemed no answer. Some quite
unsuspected runner might do it,
but if one seemed certain to have
no chance that one was Proclama-
tion. Yet anyone not knowing the
circumstances of the Derby race,
and seeing Proclamation in the
paddock, would have found it
difficult to refrain from backing
him, so exceedingly well did he
look. But i81bs. for a neck beat-
ing was too much, and Proclama-
tion started a 25 to i chance.
The run on Tom Cringle was
prodigious, although the connec-
tions thought he had too much
weight ; and they Lithium Carbonate 900 Mg were right.
Proclamation was ridden by Sloan,
and this fact was not thought to
be in his favour, so completely
had faith been lost in this once
jockey- god ; but he never rode a
better race, and, of course, got
much more out of the colt than
Wetherell or any other boy could
have done. In the sequel the
finish was almost a precise coun-
terpart of that for the Derby Cup,
Proclamation winning by a neck
from Invincible II., with Op-
pressor a length and a half away.
As there was a bump in the Derby
race so was there in this, Lithium Carbonate 150 Mg to
thoroughly complete the simili-
tude ; indeed, there were two
bumps, the winner treating both
Invincible II. and Oppressor im-
partially. Thus the two principal
handicaps were won by horses
carrying the lolbs. penalty. That
Proclamation had come on ex-
traordinarily needs no placarding.
That he had done so to a con-
siderable extent his trainer was
aware, but even he was alive to
the very altered terms on which
he was meeting Invincible II.
In 1898 the record of runners
at the three last meetings of the
season — at Derby, Warwick and
Manchester was a wonderful one,
and that of this year did not
approach it. The largest field at
Manchester was twenty-four for
the Farewell Handicap. This is
a race of six furlongs, and started
on a bend. Fancy twenty-four
runners starting on a bend ! Yet
Boris was unhesitatingly made
favourite and, moreover, won.
Entries for six-furlong races at
Manchester always Lithium Orotate 5 Mg are good, I
am told. I would as soon see my
horse's name drawn out of a bat ;
I should then dispense with the
expense of sending him to Man-
igoo.]
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Chester, and the lottery could not
be greater. However, it will be
all right at Castle Irwell.
The Flat-Radng Season's Sta-
tisdcs. — ^The season was not very
fai advanced when it became
apparent that the contest for the
position of largest winning owner
lay between the Duke of West-
minster and Lord William Beres-
ford. Chief honours, of course,
lie with the Duke of Westminster,
not only as the wimier of the
largest sum in stakes, but also as
the owner of the animal that won
all three classic races. With six-
teen races his Grace won ;f 43,965,
(Flying Fox won ;f37,4i5 of
this), Lord William Beresford,
with as many as sixty-nine races,
^°^^g ;r42,736, I OS. Between
Lord William and the next on
the list is a Lithium Carbonate Er 450 Mg big jump, Sir R.
Waldie Griffiths coming third with
>f H»8o5, the only others gaining
double figures being Mr. Leopold Lithium Commodity Price
de Rothschild (;^i 1,444, los.), and
Mr. A. James (£10,6^5). Huggins
haying trained nearly all Lord
William Beresford's horses, natur-
ally enough heads the list of
winning trainers with seventy-two
successes, gained with the aid of
thirty-two horses, of the value of
^2,798, los. W. E. Elsey, first
last season, has another great
season to boast of, thirty-three
horses winning sixty-eight races.
But the game flown at is not so
bigh, the amount won being but
just over ;^io,ooo. John Porter
comes third with forty-two wins
with twenty-six horses, and, of
course, he heads the poll in the
matter Lithium Carbonate Er 300 Mg of values, his score
amounting tO;^56,546, an average
of nearly ;^i,350 for each of the
fifty-two winning races. Robert
Sherwood's cleverness has been
rewarded with forty -two races,
won by means of seventeen
wffses, for a total of ;^i6,755.
Richard Marsh fills third place
with ;^2i,344, twenty-one horses