The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-24

served for the ST. Leger. he con sldered
| it almost as good q thing to back General
| Peel for the Derby. if Blair did not run,
| and would be willing to back Blair Athol
| against the held. The public knew moth
| ing of Blair Athol, except that he was
| royalty bred and had a good private
reputation. If Blair Athol were not run
in the Derby the public, Mr.. Jackson
| thought, would get tired of waiting for
him by reasoning that if he were any good
| he would have started in the Derby. Thus
! the Blair Athol people could have backed
| General Peel for the Derby, and which he
| would have won with Blair Athol out of
the way, and then with the reputation
| that Lord Glascow's colt would have
| acquired by winning the 2. 600 guineas and
! the ST. Leger, he would have been an over
| wheIming favorite for the latter event.
Other runners, too, would have in the
meantime demonstrated their excellence,
| and Blair Athol could have been
backed for the st. Leger at long
| price, and an enormous coup be landed.
| bird in the hand worth two in
the bush policy was played with Blair
Athol, and with Ia TO against him in the
Derby. ridden by Jim Snowden, he won by
two lengths, (Aldcroft riding1 coming In
second, and Scotch Chief, the property OF
the astute James Merry, and ridden by Jim
Adams, finishing third. Piles OF money
went on to General Peel and Scottish
Chief, who were equal favorites at to
each. The highly-tried Birch Broom, the
property of that me Judge of racing, Lord
Westmoreland, was third favorite, at III TO
2, then Captain John White Cambuscan
8 to and Is to Paris, who ran second IN
the 2, 600 guineas to General Peel. In the
Peel again ran first and second,
with Cambuscan third. at the
stud Blair Athol had the greatest
chance of any horse ever known, propaDiy
but he must be accounted failure. IL Is
true that he got Silvis winner OF the Derpy
IN 1873, and the flying Prince Charie, VINO
probably never had an equal az seven,
Fights of a mile. but the great Blair dld
not do anything like as well as was ex-
pected OF him.
The following year. 1865, saw another
sensational animal, and horse OF CEN
fury. no doubt, in Gladiator, who was
the second horse that won the triple event
in the 1000 guineas Derby and St. Leger.
He was bred in France, being by Mon
archie out of Miss Gladiator by Gladiator,
and was ridden in all of his races by marry
Grimshaw, who no doubt was good
horseman. but at the same time ne was
very short sighted, which is a serious oe-
man would be stationed at GER
tain point where he would give
Grimshaw instructions to go on.
With all these disadvantages, however,
Gladiator only knew defeat once In MS
tbree-year-oid form, when he essayed 10
carry los pounds TO victory in the San-
bridgeshire, the first three horses, GardeVe-
sure. nee and sister to The Drake, carry
ing SO, II and 50 pounds respectively.
Gladiator was the property OF Count r.
de Lagrange, and trained by Tom jennings
at Newmarket. It Is not generally known
that Gladiator was one Of the unsounoess
horses that ever won races. He suffered
Tor fryf 1far 4 u goes
TO prove what wonder he really was;
Bedminster, BrendaIbrue, Liddington ana
Kangaroo were all of them better favorltes
than he was for the 1900 guineas, and the
nnish was close one, Glad1ateur winning
by a neck from Lord Stamford's wretchediy
bad-tempered Archimedes, who In
after wears drew handsome cab IN Lon
don. Mr.. Merry's speedy roarer Llddlng-
ton was only a neck behind Arenimedes,
with Mr.. Merry's second string. Tamoesi,
fourth, and Brendaibrue fifth. The DerDy
was an easy affair for the Frenchman, who
really had nothing of special merit 70 peat,
Christmas Carol finishing second. Ethan,
who was eventually run over hurdles,
which is where he belonged, came in third
The st. Leger also proved an easy task lot
this great horse, Regalia, the winner OF
the Oaks, finishing second, with Arcnl-
modes third. When Gladiator won the
Derby many people were OF the opinion
that he was a a instead of 3-year-old so
furnished and matured did he look, and
previous to the race for the st. Leger, Nj.
j. Graham, the owner of Regaiier,
objected TO Gladiateur on the score OF age,
and requested to have his mouth exam
ined. The usual certificate having been
produced when this horse ran for the
Derby, the stewards refused now TO enter
tain the objection unless Mr.. Graham
could state in writing his grounds tor sup
posing that the horse was not of the rignt
age. This he failed TO do. and though the
objection was repeated after the race, the
steward still declined to interfere, and or
dered the stakes 10 be paid over to Count
+. de Lagrange.
In 1856 Lord Lyon made the third an
nual that captured the triple event. VIZ,
the 1900 guineas, the Derby and the st.
Leger. Ridden by Thomas in the 1000 he
JUSTIFIED in laying seven 10 four on
Mr.. Sntton's son of Stockwell
and Paradigin. Savernake proved
hard nut for Lord Lyon TO crack in the
Derby, a desperate finish ensuing between
Custonee and Tom French. Custonee
had broken his collar bone short time
before the race and the pluck and patience
he showed in the race were amazing. The
late George Payne would have landed an
enormous stake if Lord Ayiesburys
Savernake, who was full brother 10 81.
Alborns, by StockwelI. out OF Bribery.
came in first. George Payne ran through
three fortunes, and was one OF the gamest
betters, but luck did not often smile on
him. Dover trained Lord Lyon at lisley,
while Alec Taylor, who has ali his ne
been laying himself out for big nauls,
trained Savernake. Another son Of Stock
well, named Ruin, who was formerly
q stable companion of Lord Lyon, came IN
third. The result of the st. Leger showed
how truly horses run when they are
trained and ridden by the leading men IN
the profession. Lord Lyon defeated Sever
make by head in the Derby. The Sever
make connections thought that Tom
French did not do the horse full Justice,
so they substituted Tom Challoner tor nm
in the St. Leger. Custance having the
mount on Lord Lyon on each occasion.
French and Challoner were both SUN me
specimens of the art of riding that the re-
| suit in each case was exactly the same,
| Savernake being again beaten by head
There are so many interesting incidents
connected with every Derby that II Is naFd
| to pass one over In favor OF another. LORD
| Lyon, for instance, cannot be considered
| an extra good Derby winner, nor can Her
| NIT. but from the fact OF the former hav-
| ing won the triple event he was worthy
| of mention Hermit's Derby was full OF
| interesting details. Until about three
weeks before the decision of the race The
| Rake was thought TO be really good
| thing on account of his high 2-Year-old
| form, and the reports of his doing at New
| market his trainer, Joe Dawson, being
| father 70 the statement that he was the
| best horse that ever set foot on
| Newmarket Heath. One morning,
| however, he burst bloodyessel on
/ the heath, and as he was very gross
| horse requiring lots of work his chance