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 54 BAILY S MAGAZINE. [jANUAtY 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.] ' OUR VAN. 55 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