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JUGHTY RACE HORSE OF LONG AGO One of the most remarkable horses that ever ran was iHiiat on whom Sam Darlings grandfather won so many races in the early half of tlie last cen ¬ tury He was a gray horse bred by the Hon T Powlett in JS31 got by Figaro out of Jack Spigots dam by Sorcerer grandam by Precipitate srreat grandam by Highflyer out of Tiffany by Eclipse He ran first as a fouryearold in IS0 and he continued campaigning until 1S4C running 301 times and winning fortyeight times Tills vareer is even more remarkable than may be at first thought for uiiiny of the races were run in Iieats needing two and often three struggles so that in reality Isaacs life on the turf wis even more strenuous than that of Fisherman His great year was 183 when he started twentythree times and won nineteen races London Sportsman
