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King Edward's Minoru

one of half-a-dozen colts leased from Colonel Hall Walker, M.P., beating Mr. Raphael's Louviers by a short head, with Lord Michelham's William the Fourth half a length behind, only just in front of Lord Carnarvon's Valens. The Derby of 1910 went to Lemberg, a half-brother to Bayardo, but not a colt of equal merit. 4 In writing of famous horses I have confined myself largely to the Derby, a discussion of which has brought in, directly or indirectly, most of those who come into the category. Perhaps Sceptre has been treated inadequately, and Pretty Polly should undoubtedly have a prominent place. Sceptre, bred by the late Duke of Westminster, was purchased by Mr. Sievier for 10,000 guineas, far the highest price ever paid for a yearling, and undoubtedly proved one of the cheapest mares ever bought. She was first seen in the Woodcote Stakes and cantered home by four lengths; she won the July Stakes with equal ease, but when not herself failed in the Champagne. As a three-year-old she came out for the Lincolnshire Handicap, in which, however, she was beaten a short head by the late Colonel McCalmont's good horse, St. Maclou; but she proceeded to carry off the Two Thousand and the One Thousand Guineas, the Oaks, the St. James's Palace Stakes, the Nassau Stakes, and the St.