. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 598 ©jj£ gvez&ev axxb gpovtenuxxu [December 17, ] Odds and Ends of the English Derby. Two-thirds of the Derby winners come from the Dariev Arabian in the male line, and the nest greatest progenitor of Derby winners is the Byerly Turkâthrough King Herod. The stakes in the one hundred and thirteen years has amounted to $2,000,000. Frederick, the winner in 1829, was trained and piloted to victory by John Froth, a jockey sixty years old. In 1844 there was a ringer by the name of Maccabeus, a four-year-old who ran in place of Running Rein. Maccabeus came in fi
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 598 ©jj£ gvez&ev axxb gpovtenuxxu [December 17, ] Odds and Ends of the English Derby. Two-thirds of the Derby winners come from the Dariev Arabian in the male line, and the nest greatest progenitor of Derby winners is the Byerly Turkâthrough King Herod. The stakes in the one hundred and thirteen years has amounted to $2,000,000. Frederick, the winner in 1829, was trained and piloted to victory by John Froth, a jockey sixty years old. In 1844 there was a ringer by the name of Maccabeus, a four-year-old who ran in place of Running Rein. Maccabeus came in first, but Orlando, who came in second, was declared the winner. There has onlv been one mare in the 113 years that has thrown two Derby winnersin succession. She had no name but was called the dam of Spread Eagle, who won the blue ribbon in 1795, and of his full brother Didelot, who won the next year. There have been four mares that have thrown two full brothers each that have won the Derby, viz.: Flyer, dam of Rhadamanthus 1700 and Daedelu's 1794, both by Justice; Horatio, dam of Archduke 1799 and Paris 1806, both bv Sir Peter Teazle ; Penelope, dam of Whalebone 1810 and Whisker 1815, both by Waxy, and the unnamed dam of Lapdog 1826 and Spaniel 1831, both of whom were by Whalebone. There have been nine jockeys who have ridden two Derby winners in succes- sionâ F. Butler, who rode Daniel O'Rouke in 1S52 and West Australian in 1853; Jnb Mar- eon, who rode Voltigeur in 1850 and Tedding- ton in 1S51; J. Robinson, who rode Mame- luke and Cadland in 1827-8. W. Scott piloted Atilla to victory in 1842 and Cotherstone in 1843. Terapleman was the winning jockey on Cossack in 1847 and with Surplice in 1S48. Wells, in 1S5S, was astride of the great Beadsman and the next year won on Musjid. Both were owned by Sir Joseph Hawley. C. Wood rode St. Blaize and St. Gratien in suc- cession. Fred Archer rode Bend Or and Iro- quois in 1880-1 and also Melton and Ormonde in 1885-8. T. French in
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