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HOW ENGLANDS GREAT WINNERS WON Isinglass the greatest money winner of turf his lory won the main parts of his total when a fonr jearold but the majority of the chief English winners reaped the major portion of their harvesis us threeyearolds Donovan which ranks second to Isinglass won 82438 when a twoyearold it being the English record for horses of that age It is noticeable that of the twenty leading money earners of England but four Isinglass Pretty Polly La Fleche and Tristan had racing careers that extended btyond their fouryearold form A good part of Tristans earnings came from his racing in France where for four years in succession he won the valuable Grand Prix de Deauville DeauvilleNecessarily Necessarily to figure in this list a horse must carry off the Two Thousand Derby St Leger Jockey Club Stakes Eclipse Stakes Prince of AVales Stakes Oaks or a part of them along with minor events Thus Isinglass won the One Thousand Derby and St Leger as a threeyearold while his spoils as a fouryearold were the Prince fit AVales Stakes of 54555 Eclipse Stakes of 40425 and Jockey Club Stakes of 50510 serving to show how a horse may win a great aggregate in England with ¬ out running in many races Of these twenty great winners Isinglass Donovan Rock Sand Flying Fox Persimmon Diamond Jubilee Gladiateur Ormonde Galtce More Ard Patrick Lord Lyon and Ayrshire were Epsom Derby winners and Isinglass Lord Lyon Ormonde Flying Fox Rock Sand Diamond Jubilee and Galtee More were of that extremely select band dubbed Triple Crown winners because of having wou the Two Thousand Derby and St Leger The illustrious twenty and their winnings by years are the following followingHorse Horse years 3 years 4 years 5 years Total TotalIsinglass Isinglass 22885 94300 157490 12600 2S7275 2S7275Donovan Donovan S243S 193333 275772 275772Hock Hock Sand 37370 92125 98595 22SWIO 22SWIOFlying Flying Fox 13405 187075 2004SO 2004SOSceptre Sceptre 12275 115975 G31G7 191417 191417Pret Pret Pollv 07510 92200 17100 9075 1S04S5 1S04S5Ayrshire Ayrshire 2S940 43425 103325 1750IM 1750IMPersimmon Persimmon 12755 97450 C3325 173530 173530La La Fleche 17075 11S205 10425 17750 173531 173531St St Frusqn 48110 11C715 1C4S25 1C4S25Orme Orme 40870 05110 50015 102030 102030D D Jubilee COOO 139925 13500 159427 159427Oladiatenr Oladiatenr 4900 131470 19010 1553SO 1553SOOrmonde Ormonde 15040 107700 19527 14127 alt More 21910 110185 135R 5 5Surefoot Surefoot 12055 03010 57727 IfttIKU IfttIKUA A Patrick 133IX 37400 S2350 133KSO 133KSOTristan Tristan 9342 7585 439S5 09500 13041 13041Lord Lord Lyon 18300 101750 9950 12SOOO 12SOOOCyllene Cyllene 35075 72515 20000 127050 127050SixyearoId SixyearoId winnings included