The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . 300 THE SPORTS OF THE WORLD. but bad times have ruled before, and there wasnothing very encouraging in the few years thatpreceded the coming of Isinglass, one of thestoutest horses which the present generation hasseen ; and, sandwiched between more moderateones, for Derby winners, followed such as Per-simmon, Galtee More, and Flying Fox. It isan unfortunate thing for the reputation of theDerby that now and then the best three-year-old does not win it, as in duty bound it should do,through the omission to enter it, whic
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . 300 THE SPORTS OF THE WORLD. but bad times have ruled before, and there wasnothing very encouraging in the few years thatpreceded the coming of Isinglass, one of thestoutest horses which the present generation hasseen ; and, sandwiched between more moderateones, for Derby winners, followed such as Per-simmon, Galtee More, and Flying Fox. It isan unfortunate thing for the reputation of theDerby that now and then the best three-year-old does not win it, as in duty bound it should do,through the omission to enter it, which must bedone in foal-hood. If horses were endowed withhuman feelings, many a Derby winner must havefelt dejected at going about in false colours as thebest of his year. When a horse passes the postthe winner of the Derby, his position at the studis thereby assured, though in other respects hemay not merit THE DERBY FLYING FOX ON THE WAY TO THE COURSE.(Photo: W A. Rotich, Strand, ) lOI
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